No fewer than six persons sustained various injuries when a petroleum tanker exploded on Monday at Sandaji Filling Station in Lafia, Nasarawa State. The tanker, which brought petroleum products to the filling station located at Jos Road Lafia, exploded around noon. Comfort Igwe, a pump attendant at the station, said the explosion occurred while the tanker was discharging its product. She said it took the intervention of men of the fire service in collaboration with the Red Cross Society, police and other security agencies to quench the fire and return normalcy to the area. The explosion also destroyed property worth millions of naira at the filling station, the eye witness said.