β¦the tanker explosion occurred at immigration junction Two persons on Tuesday narrowly escaped death in a petrol tanker explosion at the popular Immigration Junction along Awka-Enugu Expressway in Awka, Anambra State. The incident which occurred around 6.50am involved a tanker laden with oil with no registration number. According to eyewitness, the speeding tanker, lost control and crashed
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Black Sunday as bus passengers burnt to death in Anambra fatal crash
Many passengers were burnt beyond recognition when their vehicle went into flames along Ihiala- Onitsha road, Anambra State. The accident which involved a commercial bus was reportedly caused by over-speeding. The vehicle was said to have summersaulted severally following tyre burst, leaving the entire passengers burnt to death. Confirming the incident, Ag. Sector Public Education
Read moreDriver escapes death by a whisker in Anambra as moving vehicle goes up in flames
A driver on Saturday escaped death by the whiskers when his vehicle went up in flames along Onitsha-Awka expressway, Onitsha, Anambra state. The accident which occurred around 11.15am, near Army Gate, involved a blue coloured Volkswagen Golf. The fire was reportedly caused by some mechanical faults in the vehicle. Similarly, four persons survived a lone
Read more[BREAKING] Residential building currently on fire in Anambra
A three storey building is currently on fire in Anambra state. According to our source, the three storey building is located around Umuoji street by old road Nkpor, close to Mater Christi Hospital, off Onitsha Enugu old road, Nkpor, Anambra State. However detail and cause of the fire outbreak are still sketchy. Fire service men
Read moreKerosene explosion kills one, injures two siblings in Anambra
One person lost his life while two others sustained varying degrees of injury in a kerosene explosion in Awka, the Anambra State capital. The victims, our reporter learnt, were the children of Mr and Mrs Michael Anor. The DAILY VENDOR learnt that the incident which happened in the early hours of Sunday started in one
Read moreBREAKING: Tension as truck catches fire on River Niger bridge
There is palpable tension on the River Niger bridge in Onitsha, Anambra state following an inferno that engulfed an articulated vehicle in the area. The incident, the DAILY VENDOR gathered, occurred at the early hours of the day. The Sector Public Education Officer, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Pascal Anigbo confirmed the incident. He said,
Read moreAnother Fire Disaster Hits Anambra
Fire gutted a four-storey building near St. Albert Catholic Church, Odume Layout, Obosi, in the Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State was on Monday. According to an eyewitness, the fire could have been caused by some combustible materials in a shop in the area. The eye witness said, “It is an uncompleted building
Read moreHostel Razed as Fire Guts Science School in Anambra [Video]
A one-storey building housing female students of the Loretto Special Science School, Adazi-Nnukwu, in Anaocha Local Government Area, Anambra state burst into flames Friday evening. Our correspondent who visited the scene of the inferno said there were no casualties, but that the one-storey building hostel was badly burnt before the arrival of fire fighters. The
Read moreScience School Hostel Burst into Flames in Anambra [Photos]
Report reaching Fox Channel indicates that a female hostel at the Loretto Special Science School, Adazi Nnukwu, in Anaocha Local Government Area, Anambra state is currently on fire. Our correspondent who visited the scene of the inferno said there were no casualties, but that the one-storey building hostel was badly burnt before the arrival of
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