Razed Valentine! Fuel Tanker Explodes in Ibadan (Photos)

Around 1am this morning, voices of people in Boluwaji area of Ibadan filled the air chanting "e ja de oo" (come out o), "e ma sun wora o"(don't sleep too deep o) because of a devil of a fire that was razing properties the area.‎

The source was a fuel tanker that fell few metres away from Adeojo central mosque and due to the topology of the area, the fuel flowed to few meters down the slope and the fire that flowed with it divulged the properties in its path.  

Not sure if any life was lost to it but the amount of properties lost is saddening. The fire service team did a good job controlling the expansion of the fire at the source but were not able to save much as the response time was slower than expected due to excuses that 'there was no water in the tanker' etc as I overheard spectators say. 

I placed a call to 112 at exactly 1:11am and the first tanker arrived the scene at 1:50am.

‎I pray God replenishes the properties of the victims and I hope the the government would help with some relief items.