Fuel hike: mysterious fire guts Pinnacle Filling Station in Enugu

….No life lost– Police

By, Chinelo Kodilichukwu Enugu

Mysterious fire at the weekend reportedly razed one of the most popular filling station located at Agbani Road within Enugu metropolis.

The Nations News Nigeriareports that the incident occured at a time that fuel pump price has continued to rise unabated, thereby pushing Nigerians into hunger and suffering.

Meanwhile, the Enugu State Police Command who confirmed the incident said no life was lost in the fire incident that occurred at Pinnacle Filling Station.

The Command said that the fire, which started in the morning hours of today was immediately put out with the support of the personnel of both Federal and State Fire Services.

The Command’s Spokesman, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, told newsmen in Enugu that the timely intervention of personnel of the both fire services, who promptly responded to the emergency situation, brought the inferno under control and finally extinguished it.

“No life was lost. However, three vehicles on the queue to purchase fuel were torched, while normalcy has since been restored by the police.

“A preliminary investigation suggests that the fire may have been caused by fuel leakage from one of the vehicles buying fuel at the station,” he said.

Ndukwe said that the state’s Commissioner of Police, Mr Kanayo Uzuegbu, who led police operatives to the scene, had ordered the Deputy Commissioner of Police in-charge of the State CID to conduct a full-scale investigation into the incident.