A person has been reportedly injured on Wednesday night after a tanker filled with 33,000 litres of petrol fell and caught fire at the Ataoja Estate axis of the Ring Road, Osogbo, Osun State capital.
The injured victim was said to be the driver of the tanker.
Our correspondent learnt that a vehicle that was parked beside the road caught fire after the tanker exploded.
The tanker, which was believed to be heading from Ibadan, Oyo State to Osogbo, got burnt completely even as fire fighters made efforts to prevent it from escalating to nearby buildings
Some of the residents of the area were thrown into panic as the fire became intense.
The Public Relations Officer of the Osun State Fire Service, Mr. Adekunle Ibrahim, confirmed the incident, but said that the injured driver, whose name was unknown, had been taken to a hospital.
According to him the reason for the fall of the tanker could not be ascertained and the driver was severely injured that he could not speak to them.
He said fire fighters promptly responded to the fire outbreak and that it has been quenched.
One of the eyewitnesses simply identified himself as Adekunle, hinted that the driver was trying to avoid potholes on the road before it lost control and fell.
He said he joined other eyewitnesses in rescuing the driver of the tanker and his boy during the inferno.
