jakezebrax:


[s]Afonjas, think that from Onitsha to Asaba is like long hrs drive like from one state to another state, not knowing that Onitsha is more closer to Asaba than Awka, Nnewi and other major Anambra towns. Similar to Aba and Ikot Ekpene[/s].

naijadrivablog:
@naijadrivablog

No fewer than 40 buildings, ranging from two- storey to four- storey buildings were razed in a tanker explosion in Upper Iweka, Onitsha.
Over 500 lock- up shops were also gutted by the
fire along the Iweka street market leading to
ochanja and Menax market .

The incident was said to have started when a tanker laden with Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), otherwise known as petrol, negotiated from the Zik’s roundabout end of Onitsha -Enugu expressway, lost control around Toronto Hospital and veered off the service lane.

This caused the tanker to spill its content and a fire erupted which lasted about 5 hours. The fire spread from Upper Iweka down to Ochanja market (Onitsha South LGA), yet no fire service from Anambra State was sighted, as they reportedly said they don’t have water and the roads are bad for them to come. It was Fire Service from nearby Delta state that came to the rescue, but by then, goods, buildings and other properties worth millions of Naira has been lost to fire.

It is ironical that Innoson Vehicle Manufacturing is a Anambra based, yet the Government of Anambra can not buy fire fighting trucks from them and station men of the Fire Service near major markets and other developed areas of the State.

God!!! This is serious. What a lost to the people.

I pray no soul should be lost.


Source: https://naijadriva./2019/10/17/anambra-explosion-asaba-fire-service-came-to-the-rescue-photos/

Ezewuzie01:
Asaba fire service always deploy to Onitsha whenever there is a fire outbreak. It has been their tradition right from the mbadinuju era. They see Onitsha as part of their mandate area, afterall a large number of Asaba residents earn their livelihood in Onitsha, so in a way, they are also protecting Asaba's economy.

Techdra:
"Love yourself, first"

Anyone who ordered the Delta Fire Service to deploy fire trucks to "help" in Anambra should be sacked immediately. I'm 100% sure if the fire was in their domain, they won't arrive early o! Nonsense and twin city.

MERCHANDISER:
we should always pray for our leaders

midnighter:


Whats the difference between Yoruba and itshekiri Yourba people say that itsekiri just speak an older dialect

Commentor:


We are cousins and we have never denied our kinship.

We make no qualms about our close or distinct heritage unlike how Ikwere's often distance themselves from you.

HappyCanadian:
Just look at fire truck and see the difference with the truck here, mehn! long way to go in Naija

Commentor:


When you are in sorrow it's beat you maintain decorum.

So far, on all threads pertaining to this issue, I'm yet to see any tribe gloat at your misfortune.

Rather than running your mouth like a faucet this should call for sober reflection and introspection.

FarahAideed:


Very shameful I tell you..these Nigerian Governors are totally useless ..if it's saner climes the governor should resign over this

valentineuwakwe:
i thought peter obi commission some fire service truck before he left, so wat happen to them? it's even shameful that a bigger city like onitsha don't hv a fire service.....Asaba fire service had to drive down to aid the city, meanwhile I thought the Federal Fire Service did recruitment this year?

ursullalinda:



Obiano rubbished all Obi's effort in Anambra.....the man is pure disaster! The more pictures I see the more pained I am

naijadrivablog:
@naijadrivablog

No fewer than 40 buildings, ranging from two- storey to four- storey buildings were razed in a tanker explosion in Upper Iweka, Onitsha.
Over 500 lock- up shops were also gutted by the
fire along the Iweka street market leading to
ochanja and Menax market .

The incident was said to have started when a tanker laden with Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), otherwise known as petrol, negotiated from the Zik’s roundabout end of Onitsha -Enugu expressway, lost control around Toronto Hospital and veered off the service lane.

This caused the tanker to spill its content and a fire erupted which lasted about 5 hours. The fire spread from Upper Iweka down to Ochanja market (Onitsha South LGA), yet no fire service from Anambra State was sighted, as they reportedly said they don’t have water and the roads are bad for them to come. It was Fire Service from nearby Delta state that came to the rescue, but by then, goods, buildings and other properties worth millions of Naira has been lost to fire.

It is ironical that Innoson Vehicle Manufacturing is a Anambra based, yet the Government of Anambra can not buy fire fighting trucks from them and station men of the Fire Service near major markets and other developed areas of the State.


Source: https://naijadriva./2019/10/17/anambra-explosion-asaba-fire-service-came-to-the-rescue-photos/

Commentor:


We are cousins and we have never denied our kinship.

We make no qualms about our close or distinct heritage unlike how Ikwere's often distance themselves from you.

PoliticalWitch:


Well, he should...but if he wanted to do his job...he would have to start charging taxes like they do in Lagos.

Lagos has a very good emergency response system, partly because they really charged taxes(to the point that tax adverts were all over the place).

Any Nigerian governor , regardless of party, who tries that is going to get driven out of office. After all, we are poor. Yet the truth is, poverty or no poverty, if we want good enough fire services, we have to pay the type of tax that would fund it, especially as oil price is to low for us to sustain such services.

And another thing, when people build things in this country, they don't take fire safety seriously. What is the Market management doing about fire safety? (Nothing , most likely).

valentineuwakwe:
i thought peter obi commission some fire service truck before he left, so wat happen to them? it's even shameful that a bigger city like onitsha don't hv a fire service.....Asaba fire service had to drive down to aid the city, meanwhile I thought the Federal Fire Service did recruitment this year?

Sanchez01:

So you think Delta fire service would deploy to Onitsha if Anambra had an active fire department? Just in case you think it is normal, it isn't.

It should normally be out of jurisdiction and a top level clearance would have been required in saner climes, save it is the situation of a city helping another in distress and rooms for protocols are not duly followed.

Ideally, fire service from another state should not be found putting out fire in another domain.

MERCHANDISER:
Too much nollywood has eaten deep into the fabrics of this kid's brain.


Seun there should be an age restriction for people registering on this forum

shineeye1:



This sad incident is a screaming testimony to our sovereign imbecility! That a market of onisha status has no functional nearby fire service is a loud proof of our collective stupidity! It also reflects the fact that the claimed Biafran superior intelligence is a hoax and that they too are just the same quotient as the zoo elements they so easily vilify

PoliticalWitch:
And another thing, when people build things in this country, they don't take fire safety seriously. What is the Market management doing about fire safety? (Nothing , most likely).

midnighter:


Well we are politically and socio-economically marginalised which is the reason for that distance, you cant say what you would have done if Yorubas were marginalised and government funding/positions were being shared

...we are not quarrelling...it was a genuine question ... because I usually come across Itsekiri gospel music and its sounds like Yoruba

Bynz:



How true is this