Scores feared dead as explosion rocks Rivers Community

It was a dark Friday at Rumuekpe community in Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State, when over a dozen people died in an explosion, Africa Update reports.

According to sources, a driver had loaded one of the buses with crude oil packaged in bags and was preparing to move the petroleum product away from the tapping point of a pipeline, but the blast was reportedly triggered when he turned on the ignition of the vehicle.