The Mobil filling station at Unizik Junction, Awka, along the Enugu-Onitsha expressway was, on Thursday, gutted by fire.
The fire, which reportedly emanated from yet-to-be identified source, razed an empty petrol tanker, the lube house, part of the administrative block and some dispensing machines.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that firefighters on the spot were able to contain the inferno from spreading to the surrounding buildings.
The manager of the filling station, who identified himself as Ugo, said the tanker, which was completely razed, had no content in it.
Ugo commended the fire service officials and rescue volunteers for their efforts.
NAN reports that the fire incident happened barely 10 days after three filling stations were razed down in Onitsha.
DSP Toochukwu Ikenga, Police Public Relations Officer in Anambra, confirmed the incident.
Ikenga said that officers of the command had cordoned off the area to prevent breakdown of law, adding that men of the fire service arrived at the scene on time.
(NAN).
