Tanker explosion kills 6 in Kaduna

Tanker explosion kills 6 in Kaduna
on october 26, 2013 at 1:00 pm in news
Kaduna – Six persons were killed on Friday night in
a fire from a tanker explosion in Maraban Jos, Igabi
Local Government Area of Kaduna State.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that
FERMA had constructed a trailer park at the
Maraban Jos axis of the Kaduna-Zaria expressway
to reduce the high rate of fires caused by petrol
tankers and accidents caused by articulated trucks
parked along the road.
Alhaji Abdullahi Kwarau, the Chairman of Igabi Local
Government Council, said that the accident, which
occurred on Friday night, involved two fuel-laden
tankers.
He appealed to the state government to expedite
action on the construction of more trailer parks on
major roads in the state to avoid a recurrence of
such accidents.
Gov. Mukhtar Yero of Kaduna State, who condoled
with the families of those who died in the accident,
urged drivers, particularly those of petrol tankers, to
be extra vigilant while driving or parking their
vehicles.
He assured the people that efforts were underway
to ensure the timely completion of new trailer parks
being constructed in Igabi, Kagarko and Birnin
Gwari Local Government Areas.
Yero said that the state government was also
collaborating with the Federal Roads Maintenance
Agency (FERMA) to ensure the speedy completion
of ongoing road projects to forestall recurring
accidents on the major roads. (NAN)