Following the fire outbreak which occured at Onitsha, Sadiya Umar Farouq, minister of humanitarian affairs, disaster management and social development, had visited the scene on Friday.
The inferno had broken out aftrr a tanker carrying petroleum products had fallen into a ditch and spilled its contents, on Wednesday.
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The Herald had reported that the inferno occurred at Upper Iweka, Onitsha in Anambra State, in which a woman and her child lost their lives and 100 shops with goods such as clothing and electronic appliances were reportedly burnt to ashes.
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