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Petrol tanker tumbles and explodes at Agbor, Delta State; one confirmed dead, two bank buildings destroyed by the inferno

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SUN JAN 05 2025-theGBJournal| A petrol tanker laden with about 30,000 litres of petrol tumbled and exploded into flames while descending into Agbor, Ika South Local Giovernment Area (LGA), in Delta State Sunday afternoon.

The accident occurred near Baleke market, one of the biggest and most visited market in the LGA. Persons who witnessed the accident occure say they suspect the tanker had a failed brake

The building housing a first generation bank is engulfed by the flames from the exploded petrol tanker at Agbor

One person has been confirmed dead while a church, 2 banks building and a school nearby were razed to the ground.

As the time of filing the report, fire service were no were to be found, and many residents were seen trying to douse the expanding flame with buckets of water.

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