Many lives and property worth millions of naira were on Thursday lost in an explosion that rocked a Mobil petrol station in Awka, the Anambra State capital.
As of the time of filing this report, the number of casualties could not be ascertained.
It has caused heavy gridlock on the Onitsha-Awka road.
The fire is still burning, although men of the Fire Service have arrived at the scene, making frantic efforts to douse the inferno.
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