About three persons are feared dead, while several buildings and other property gutted by fire following an explosion from a petroleum tanker at Omurelu community in Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State.
An indigene of the community, Mr Innocent Amadi who confirmed the incident to our Correspondent said the disaster occured in the early hours of today when a tanker conveying petroleum product was stopped by petroleum taskforce in an attempt to allegedly extort money from the driver when another tanker collided with the tanker at the check point.
Mr Amadi explained that the angry youths and members of the community have kicked against the activities of the petroleum taskforce and called on state government to intervene to prevent reoccurrence.
As of the time of filing this report, the Rivers State Police Public Relations Officer Mr Nnamdi Omoni was yet to confirm the incident.
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