{"id":726295,"date":"2019-10-18T13:07:00","date_gmt":"2019-10-18T13:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/10\/18\/cars-burnt-as-another-petrol-laden-tanker-explodes-in-onitsha\/"},"modified":"2019-10-18T13:07:00","modified_gmt":"2019-10-18T13:07:00","slug":"cars-burnt-as-another-petrol-laden-tanker-explodes-in-onitsha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/10\/18\/cars-burnt-as-another-petrol-laden-tanker-explodes-in-onitsha\/","title":{"rendered":"Cars Burnt As Another Petrol-Laden Tanker Explodes In Onitsha"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_716164\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-716164\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-716164\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Onitsha-tanker-fire-incident.jpg\" alt=\"Onitsha tanker fire incident\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\"  \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-716164\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Onitsha tanker fire incident<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Barely a few hours after a tanker laden with petrol exploded killing a mother and her baby and destroying several buildings in Ochanja area of Onitsha, Anambra state, another tanker has exploded in Onitsha.<\/p>\n<p>This was confirmed by Emeka Obinwa, executive assistant on State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) to the governor, to newsmen on Friday, in Awka, the state capital.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the recent fire incident occurred at Omaba phase two around Chukwudi bus-stop in the city, when a petrol laden-tanker fell in the middle of Onitsha-Enugu expressway.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read Also:\u00a0We Were Stopped From Accessing Onitsha Fire Scene: Fire Service<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe second fire outbreak in Onitsha within the week was equally severe, property worth several billions of naira including buildings, vehicles and other valuable property were affected at Omaba Phase two,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe petroleum product spilled through the gutter and resulted in the fire extending beyond the point the vehicle fell.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He stated that the fire engulfed a mechanic workshop around the area and several vehicles parked there were burnt.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>              &#13;\n                    <\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Onitsha tanker fire incident Barely a few hours after a tanker laden with petrol exploded killing a mother and her baby and destroying several buildings in Ochanja area of Onitsha, Anambra state, another tanker has exploded in Onitsha. This was confirmed by Emeka Obinwa, executive assistant on State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) to the governor, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":726296,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-726295","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Cars Burnt As Another Petrol-Laden Tanker Explodes In Onitsha - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/10\/18\/cars-burnt-as-another-petrol-laden-tanker-explodes-in-onitsha\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Cars Burnt As Another Petrol-Laden Tanker Explodes In Onitsha - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Onitsha tanker fire incident Barely a few hours after a tanker laden with petrol exploded killing a mother and her baby and destroying several buildings in Ochanja area of Onitsha, Anambra state, another tanker has exploded in Onitsha. 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