On Friday morning, a tanker carrying premium motor spirit exploded near Onitsha's Upper Iweka junction in Anambra State.

Many shops and buildings around the scene are feared burnt as the rest of the fire from the explosion of the tanker that had broken down along the busy Onitsha-Owerri Road in front of the Relief Market.

The fire which started at 8.30 am had caused a long standstill of vehicles in and out of Onitsha.

Fire service both from Anambra and Delta states have arrived at the scene and are battling to quench the fire amid a shortage of water.

Details later…

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Hopes no life is lost