By Adeyinka Adeniran
A tanker carrying 45,000 litres of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) also known as petroleum has tumbled and summersaulted in Iseyin area of Oyo state.
It was gathered that the incident occurred at NICO Farm, along Iseyin/Oyo Road in Iseyin on Monday.
No casualty was reported in the incident.
It was gathered that the tanker with registration number LM62XP (Lagos) lost control while on motion, summersaulted to the nearby ditch and caught fire immediately.
Confirming the incident in a statement on Tuesday, Chairman of Oyo State Fire Service, Maroof Akinwande confirmed noted that the incident was reported to the agency Monday morning.
He added that officers of the agency were moved to the scene immediately they were contacted.
Akinwande statement reads in part, “The fire incident was reported at exactly 10:46hrs on Monday 23rd June, 2025.
“Immediately the address was received, the firemen led by PFS1 Azeez swiftly deployed to the scene of the incident and on arrival, it was a trailer tanker registered no LM62XP (Lagos) loaded with 45,000litres capacity of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), lost control whilst on motion and somersaulted to the nearby ditch and caught fire.
“The Firemen quickly swung into action and applied chemical foam compound and prevented it from explosion and curtailed it from affecting any nearby structure or vehicle.
“The fire was completely extinguished and normal vehicular movement restored back on the road”.
