A luxurious journey bus reportedly powered by Compressed Pure Fuel (CNG) exploded at Mando motor park in Kaduna within the early hours of Sunday.
The explosion triggered panic amongst residents and transport operators across the park. Sources on the motor park mentioned the bus was parked when the explosion occurred.
Two different buses belonging to the identical transport firm had been additionally affected by the hearth that adopted the blast.
Regardless of the impression, no casualties had been recorded as a result of the automobiles had been unoccupied on the time.
A business driver on the park mentioned the incident was unlikely to have been attributable to a bomb.
“It occurred in the course of the night time. It was not a bomb; we suspect it’s associated to the CNG. Nobody died or was injured. The affected buses had been parked,” the driving force mentioned.
A supervisor with a logistics firm working inside the park additionally confirmed that the buses had been stationary when the explosion occurred.
Based on him, the affected automobiles had been newly acquired and scheduled to start passenger boarding later within the morning.
“Thank God nobody was contained in the automobiles. They had been parked to board passengers this morning,” he mentioned.
Safety operatives, together with personnel of the Nigeria Police Pressure, visited the scene and started preliminary investigations into the incident.
As of the time of submitting this report, the police had but to situation an official assertion on the reason for the explosion.