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Explosion Rocks Abuja

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10 months ago

June 9, 2023

Doris Israel Ijeoma

Explosion Rocks Abuja

Topnaija reports that a gas explosion has rocked Gwagwa town in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital city.

Residents were thrown into confusion on Friday evening after a truck reportedly conveying gas exploded in the community.

The incident took place around 8.30 pm, near a location known as the Police Junction, Gwagwa.

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Some eyewitnesses said the truck driver had suddenly parked at the spot and alerted people to run.

A resident, Sani Khalid, said a cover attached to one of the tanker’s compartment, blown up, followed by the content discharge.

“And within few minutes the truck caught fire and exploded,” Khalid said.

The flame was still raging as of the time of filing this report.

“No one could ascertain the level of the damage caused by the inferno, as residents were watching the incident from afar,” a resident, Usman Muhammed, said.

This is contrary to rumours making the rounds of an aeroplane crash in the Kubwa suburb of the FCT on Friday night.

The spokesperson for the FCT Fire Service, Mr Amiola Adebayo, confirmed the incident.

Adebayo said, “There was no plane crash in Kubwa. There was only an explosion caused by a gas tanker crash in Gwagwa tonight and our men have been deployed to the scene of the incident.”

A police source also noted that the explosion resulted from a gas tanker crash.

“It wasn’t a plane crash but a gas tanker crash that led to the explosion,” the source said.

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