A tanker carrying gas has exploded at Ohoror community, Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State.
Resports indicate that the tanker driver and his conductor were killed in the inferno while more than 30 houses and other valuables were destroyed in the process.
Sources disclosed that incident occurred at Ohoror junction, along the East-West road when a truck laden with granite, heading towards Port Harcourt from Ughelli axis, collided with the parked gas tanker and burst into flames.
Okowa, who visited the scene of the accident on Thursday, commiserated with the community, assured of Governments support for victim’s of the inferno and called for investigation into the cause of the incident.