CHRISTMAS TRAGEDY AS TANKER FIRE KILLS AT LEAST 4 PEOPLE

Tragedy struck at the heart of Christmas celebration as lives and properties were engulfed by the inferno which resulted from a tanker which caught fire as it spilled its content

It was gathered that a fire outbreak killed at least four persons and consumed apartments and shops around MOPOL-nineteen, G.R.A Phase Four, Port Harcourt, the state capital.

A witness said the four victims were family members who were unable to flee like other residents who survived the fire. Several houses and properties worth millions of naira were destroyed, while several others suffered different degrees of burns and were rushed to the hospital by the officials of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA).

 Those affected by the inferno that destroyed houses and shops around Rumuola and MOPOL-nineteen area of Port Harcourt blamed slow response of the Rivers state Fire Service for the level of damage done by the fire

image of the tanker