No fewer than 69 persons were burnt to death yesterday evening when a trailer loaded with petrol (Premium Motor Spirit) descending from Army barracks side of Onitsha-Enugu lost control and rammed into the Asaba Motor Park at Upper Iweka Street in the commercial city and caught fire. The 40-foot tanker was burnt beyond repair.

Governor Willie Obiano, who visited the scene of accident in company with some of his commissioners wept uncontrollably at the scene. The Governor enjoined families of the victims to take heart and promised that the state would do its best in taking care of the living.