Fewer than 95 persons died in a petrol tanker fire accident in River state. In the hospital, over 100 persons are lying in a critical conditions.

A scene filled with dead bodies and burnt vegetation surrounded by smoldering cars, was full of crowd of sympathizer watching helplessly; some holding their hands in their heads and others simply standing by, crying over the disaster that has fallen upon Okogbe, a village in Ahoada West Local Government Area of Rivers State.

The incident took place at 6:30 am, beside Oando filling station at Okogbe, between Ahoada and Mbiama on the East-West Road, which is to be made double lane by the Federal Government. A terrible traffic seized the road yesterday.

A tanker with registration number: Delta: XA 340 TDU, laden with petrol, crashed with three other vehicles: a Toyota Corolla saloon car, with registration number: Lagos: RQ 218 AAA; a Toyota Hiace Hummer bus (XZ613AGL) and a Mazda bus. Also burnt were 34 motorcycles.

The NSCDC official said many of the victims were being treated locally, adding that some of the bodies had been identified and removed by relatives.

A senior official of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), who remained anonymous, said the fire was caused by one of the victims, who called others to come and scoop fuel. Many victims were still in the bush, he said.

Governor Rotimi Amaechi , who was shocked and cancelled all his engagements in Abuja and rushed to the scene,.

There was insufficient bed at the Ahoada General Hospital, Ahoada in Ahoada East Local Government Area, where most of the badly burnt victims were rushed to. Some of them where laid on bare floor. Many were moved to hospitals in Port Harcourt, the state capital

source: http://naijacurrentnews.com/calamity-befalls-river-state-as-95-die-in-petrol-tanker-fire-clash/

Pathetic! Hope many of us will learn from this madness