Commuters along the Murtala Muhammed Expressway, otherwise known as Kubwa Express were on Thursday evening thrown into confusion after the Mainland Filling Station near the Public Service Institute of Nigeria PSIN went up in flames.
There was greater apprehension among residents of the area as the affected filling station shares a fence with a cooking gas station, Samolad.
As at the time of filing this report, firefighters were trying to contain the fire and ensure that it did not spread into the gas station.
Vanguard gathered that the fire began when a tanker began discharging fuel at about 4:30pm.
Commuters and passers-by were thrown into confusion as the heat of the flame could be felt up to a kilometre from the station.
The filling station which is adjacent a an emergency station of the National Emergency Management Agency NEMA is also close to the Kubwa station of the Federal Capital Territory FCT Fire Service domiciled in the PSIN.
Emergency responders and fire fighters are currently at the scene battling the fire while security personnel have also cordoned off the area, with traffic restricted to the speed lane of the 10-lane expressway.
At about 5:45pm, an firefighting truck of the Federal Fire Service which had exhausted its water was seen driving our for a refill.
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