- Peugeot 406 catches fire in Jos; occupants escape, causing heavy traffic, warden diverts vehicles; fire department extinguishes flames
- Fire starts beneath car, occupants escape as motorists try extinguishing, fire service arrives after 30 minutes, car substantially damaged
Four occupants of a Peugeot 406 narrowly escaped when the vehicle caught fire at Old Airport Junction Jos, the Plateau state capital, on Monday evening.
The incident, which occurred around 6 p.m., caused heavy traffic on the highway, a major dual-carriageway in Jos.
The traffic warden stationed at the Old Airport roundabout was forced to direct vehicles off the lane to protect other motorists immediately.
According to eyewitnesses, the fire came from beneath the vehicle, making it difficult for small fire extinguishers to reach the source. The fire was only extinguished when the fire department arrived.
A witness, Amos Gyang, said;
We saw the vehicle coming with smoke from under the car, the occupants did not even notice the smoke because the fire did not start from the engine. so we alerted them to stop and as they noticed the fire all of them ran out to escape.
The vehicle was left to burn after several motorists exhausted their fire extinguishers. The more extinguishers they poured on the vehicle, the more the flame range.
30 minutes after the incident, men of the state fire service showed up and within 10 minutes the fire was put off. But the car has substantially been destroyed by the flame.
Palliative: Osun Govt Begins Distribution Tuesday, Receives N2BN
The Osun State Government has announced that the distribution of the rice it received as a palliative from the federal government to the state’s residents will begin on Tuesday.
Kolapo Alimi, the commissioner for information and public education, said in a statement on Monday that the palliative sharing committee, which is made up of religious, political, and labour leaders, has decided on the method for distributing the medication among the various segments.
The distribution will start immediately following the Palliative Committee meeting tomorrow morning, according to the announcement, and beneficiaries will start receiving the rice palliatives according to the schedule created to accommodate everyone.
“The total number of the subsidized rice palliatives that will be distributed tomorrow is 5,700: three thousand 50kg from the first batch of palliatives, and Two thousand seven hundred 50kg bags of rice from the 14,000-second batch.”