A petroleum tanker carrying 45,000 litres of Premium Motor Spirit PMS also known as Petrol, lost control and somersaulted in Oyo State.
Heritage Echo Correspondence gathered that the incident occurred at NICO Farm, along Iseyin/Oyo road, Iseyin.
According to the sources, the incident occurred on Monday, 23rd June, 2025.
The tanker, with registration number LM622XP (Lagos), loaded with 45,000 litres of PMS, lost control in motion and somersaulted into a nearby ditch and caught fire.
It was further gathered that no casualty was recorded in the incident.
The chairman of the Oyo State Fire Service Reform/Agency, Hon. Maroof Adebayo Akinwande, confirmed the development.
According to him, “The fire incident was reported at exactly 10:46hrs on Monday 23rd June,2025 through a telephone call and Mr Mufutau Musa reported a petrol trailer tanker on fire at the above stated address.
“Immediately the address was received, the firemen led by PFS1 Azeez swiftly deployed to the scene of the incident and on arrival, it was a trailer tanker registered no LM62XP (Lagos) loaded with 45,000litres capacity of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), lost control whilst on motion and somersaulted to the nearby ditch and caught fire.
“The Firemen quickly swung into action and applied chemical foam compound, preventing it from exploding and curtailed it from affecting any nearby structure or vehicle.
“The fire was completely extinguished, and normal vehicular movement was restored on the road.
However, the operation was carried out together with the Federal Fire Service (Oyo Zonal Command), and the presence of the Nigerian police from Okuta-Pemo Police Station was also recognized for security cover during the firefighting operation.
