Explosion kills 3, razes 6 houses

 

Three people were killed when two fuel-laden articulated vehicles exploded at Gyazama village, along the Funtua-Birnin Gwari road in Dandume Local Government Area of Katsina State.

Alhaji Abdulkadir Muhammad, the Transition Committee Chairman of Dandume Local Government Council, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Dandume that four other persons sustained burns of various degrees.

He said that six houses were also burnt in the resultant inferno which occurred on Saturday evening. The blaze started when some drivers were transferring fuel from a broken-down vehicle to another with a pumping machine.

Muhammad, an eyewitness, said that two of the deceased were the operators of the pumping machine, while those who sustained burns were receiving treatment at Funtua General Hospital.

According to Muhammad, the houses burnt down after fuel from the scene of the accident spilled on them. Muhammad said that the fire could not be contained by the Dandume council's firemen, adding that it took the intervention of nearby firemen from Faskari, Funtua and Dandume local government areas to put it off.

He said that the fire lasted until Sunday morning.

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