13 Passengers Burnt Beyond Recognition As Jerrycan Of Petrol Inside Bus Bursts Into Flame In Delta

Thirteen persons, including children, were on Sunday afternoon burnt beyond recognition in a bus accident which occurred in Effurun, Delta.

The accident, which involved an 18-seater bus, also left five of its passengers with various degrees of burn injuries.

An eyewitness told newsmen that the vehicle was coming from the PTI roundabout, but stopped to pick a passenger who allegedly carried a jerrycan filled with petrol.

One of the survivors, Mr Martins Nwaowolo, said there were 18 passengers in the bus, including children and a pregnant woman.

“The driver stopped at the roundabout to pick a woman carrying a jerrycan, and in less than two minutes after the woman entered the bus, the jerrycan burst into flame.

Undergraduate Sisters Burnt To Death In Delta

A midnight inferno that razed a students hostel in Agbor, Delta State, Tuesday, has burnt two female siblings to death.
The two girls identified as Favour and Ndidi from Obiaruku in Ukwuani Local Government Area of the state, were students of College of Education, Agbor and were among those living in a private hostel adjacent the college.
According to an eyewitness, “the unfortunate incident occurred while they were sleeping in the hostel. The fire started at about midnight unknown to neighbours that the two girls were in their rooms.”
No one could say precisely