A petrol-laden tanker exploded at Ajayi Farm Bus-Stop along the Alagbole-Akute Road in Ogun State bursting into flames.

Sources said the incident occurred very early on Saturday morning at the retail station of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, in the area.

Residents told reporters during a visit to the area, that the tanker had come to the NNPC facility to supply petrol.

One of the attendants who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said that the truck was discharging its content before the incident occurred.

He said that, the truck had off-loaded its first compartment and was discharging the content in its second compartment, when a spark occured at the underground storage tank, leading to an explosion which caused fire that melted the hose being used to off-load the content of the truck.

According to the attendant, it was in a bid to prevent the inferno from causing more damage, that the driver of the truck jumped into the vehicle and moved it to the road, away from the filling station where the tanker exploded moments later.

Witnesses said the fire started at about 6:45am while the firefighters were immediately contacted, and they arrived at the scene at about 7:23am, even as there was no injury or death recorded as a result of the inferno.

According to sources, incident occurred at a border community with Lagos even as the firefighters seen at the scene were officials of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA.

Officials of the Federal Fire Service reportedly arrived at the scene of the incident shortly after the fire had been put off.