Over 15 persons were burnt to death yesterday as a petroleum tanker loaded with 33,000 litres of petrol exploded at the Koko junction axis of the Benin/Salele Expressway in Ethiope West Local Government Area of Delta State. Scores of passersby and residents of the nearby community were also reported to have sustained severe burnt injuries in the inferno that lasted several hours.
Also severely affected were private and commercial vehicles as well as other makeshift buildings used as stores located close to the scene of the explosion.
