One person has been feared dead with three persons critically injured after a truck conveying liquefied petroleum gas exploded at a filling station in the Irete community along the Owerri-Onitsha Expressway in Owerri-West Local Government Area of Imo state.
The Imo State Coordinator of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Evans Ugoh, confirmed the incident to newsmen.
According to him, the truck after discharging its content at the filling station was about reversing and maneuvering its way out of the premises when it was hit by a J5 commercial bus conveying pineapples on top speed coming from the Onitsha end lost control and ran into the truck, leading to a heavy explosion.
Mr. Ugoh confirmed that one of the occupants of the J5 commercial bus died on the spot while 3 other persons who sustained fatal injuries were immediately taken to a nearby hospital for treatment.
He said, however, officials of the Imo State Fire Service, Red Cross, Civil Defence, the Nigerian Police, and NEMA officials were all on the ground for rescue operations.
The Fire Service Director, Jephet Okereafor, said they responded immediately to stop the fire from causing more havoc but lamented that they lacked other fire fighting equipment.
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