[VIDEO] DANGER! HAPPENING NOW! Fuel Tanker Falls Spills at Mainsea Filling Station Onitsha, Residents Scoop Fuel ..Driver Breaks Head While Trying to Escape

..Driver Breaks Head While Trying to Escape

The operatives of the Anambra State Fire Service are currently on ground averting a possible fire outbreak after a petrol tanker crashed in the Mainsea Filling Station in the commercial city of Onitsha and spilled its contents.

Residents were spotted scooping fuel in many different sizes of Conatiners including iron buckets.

This comes barely two weeks after a similar incident in Enugu State, which resulted in a fire outbreak that claimed the lives of over sixty people.

According to a statement issued by the Media and Publicity Unit of the Anambra State Fire Service, the petrol tanker crashed on Friday at the Mainsea Filling Station. Army Gate, along the Enugu—Onitsha Expressway, while trying to discharge its contents.

It was gathered that the tanker rolled backward and fell on the road due to the driver’s failure to engage the handbrake.

“All the content spilled on the road and into the gutters because the manholes were already opened for product discharge,” the statement said.

“The Anambra State Firemen and firefighting equipment, including two fire trucks, are already at the scene, making efforts to ensure that a fire outbreak is averted,” it added.

While confirming that no life was lost, the Fire Service Media Unit also explained that the driver of the petrol tanker tried to escape when the tanker crashed but fell and sustained a head injury. He has since been rushed to the hospital for medical attention.

The statement continued: “The Chief Fire Officer of Anambra State Fire Service, Engr. Chiketa Chukwudi Emmanuel, who was on the ground at the scene, urged the general public to go about their normal businesses as the situation is under control.”

He also took the opportunity to advise those who usually scoop highly flammable products whenever there’s an accident involving a petrol tanker to stop doing so, stating that their lives are in danger.

“The Anambra Firemen and two firefighting trucks are still at the scene controlling the situation and damping the spilled content as of the time of filing this report.”