Many people have been feared dead and others injured when a petrol tanker fell and caught fire along Ugwu Onyeama between Enugu and 9th Mile.
In the video that surfaced on social media, captured many vehicles going up in flames while men of the State Fire Service battle to extinguish the raging flame.
It is not yet ascertained the number of the dead, but at least seven vehicles and a Keke were burnt beyond recognition.
A voice in the video was heard asking for prayers for the dead. It added that some people in vehicles that fell inside a nearby gully are unaccounted for.
Watch video below;
BREAKING NEWS: Tank Explosion Claims The Lives Of Many At Ugwu-onyeama, Enugu State. pic.twitter.com/U0xWjUdj6y
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