One Dies As Julius Beger Bus Burst Into Flames

One person has been reported dead when a Julius Berger bus caught fire at Chiromawa in Garun Malam Local Government Area of Kano State.

Kano State Fire Service in a statement by its Public Relations Officer, Saminu Abdullahi, disclosed this on Tuesday evening in Kano.

He said the incident occurred on the afternoon of March 21.

 “We received an emergency call at Kura Fire Service division from Auwalu Sani at 12:30 p.m. that a bus had been engulfed by fire.

“Upon receiving the information, we quickly sent our team from central fire station to the scene at about 1:00p.m,” the statement said.

He said a tanker carrying 60,000 litres of petroleum product with the name Mega Petroleum Company and an unknown registration number heading from Zaria road to Kano, broke down along the road when the bus which belongs to Julius Berger Construction Company, with registration number ENG 879 XB, hit the petroleum tanker and caught fire.

Abdullahi said Aminu Dakatsalle, aged 40, the driver of the bus was trapped, rescued unconscious and later confirmed dead.

Dakatsalle’s corpse was handed over to Divisional Police Officer (DPO), Maisoro Usman of Garun Malam Police division.

“The cause of the incident is as a result of loss of control,” he said in the statement