No fewer than 20 people sustained various degrees of injuries following a tanker explosion at a petrol station in Rigasa area of Kaduna.
Paul Aboi, Director, Kaduna State Fire Service, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria.
In the interview on Thursday in Kaduna, Aboi said among those injured were five federal firefighters, some personnel of Kaduna Vigilance Service and passersby.
The Director said the injured fire service personnel are currently receiving treatment at Barau Dikko Specialist Hospital, Kaduna.
According to him, the tanker was offloading petrol at the station on Wednesday when the incident occurred.
Aboi blamed the incident on negligence on the part of the filling station, saying the offloading of the petrol should not have been done in the afternoon.
[EagleOnline]