An unspecified number of people have reportedly died following a powerful explosion caused by a road accident on Karu Bridge in Abuja.
According to reports, the incident occurred on Wednesday evening.
Eyewitnesses said the explosion happened after a high-impact collision involving a vehicle suspected to be a lorry transporting fuel or a highly flammable substance.
As it happened today in Abuja close to Karu bridge pic.twitter.com/SAI76edEDg
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In a video circulating online, several cars were seen engulfed in flames as people ran away to safety.
General Jhamuha was heard pleading with people to call the fire service to extinguish the fire.
“People are dying, people are burning! Anyone close to Road Safety should call them. They should call the fire service. People are dying, people are burning at Karu Bridge!” he pleaded.
“People should help! Everyone is burning! God, look at human beings burning, and nobody can get close.”
This Karu bridge Nyanya I’m incident is scary. You can be on your own, doing all the right things and someone’s wrongdoing will affect you. May People have worked hard and were just going back to their families. pic.twitter.com/NK9wOFwC9G
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As the fire escalated, bystanders were seen at a distance, unable to approach the explosion due to its intensity.
