The Kano State Fire Service has confirmed the death of a 45-year-old tanker driver, Dahiru Aliyu, at Hotoro NNPC depot.
The confirmation is contained in a statement by the Public Relations Officer of the Service, Alhaji Saminu Abdullahi, on Tuesday.
“The incident happened on Monday morning.
“We received a distress call from one Shu’aibu Muhammad about 10.59 a.m., and we sent our rescue team to the scene immediately,’’ he stated.
He added that Aliyu entered one of compartments with a container and foam to mop up spilled fuel when he got suffocated and died.
“The petrol tanker has DKD 411 XF as its registration number,’’ Abdullahi stated.
