The Kano State Fire Service has confirmed the death of a 45-year-old tanker driver, Dahiru Aliyu, at Hotoro NNPC depot.
The confirmation was contained in a statement by the Public Relations Officer of the Service, Alhaji Saminu Abdullahi.
In the statement on Tuesday, Abdullahi said: “The incident happened on Monday morning.
“We received a distress call from one Shu’aibu Muhammad at about 10:59am, and we sent our rescue team to the scene immediately.”
He added that Aliyu entered one of the 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.