January 10, 2015
A serious fire broke out at the Emmadorc Petroleum Station in Okitipupa area of Ondo State, an eyewitness has told Saharareporters.
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The petroleum station is located at the main round about of the town, the eyewitness added.
“The fire is very heavy and I can’t tell now if anyone was inside the station, but all houses near the station have been consumed. A woman is crying heavily here,” a source told our correspondent on the phone.
Saharareporters could not confirm if there were casualties, but several properties in the vicinity of the gas station have been destroyed by the ravaging fire.
As at the time of filling this report members of the Ondo State Fire Service had not arrived at the scene of the fire.