{"id":63044,"date":"2025-03-20T04:40:49","date_gmt":"2025-03-20T04:40:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=63044"},"modified":"2025-03-20T06:10:06","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T06:10:06","slug":"petrol-tanker-not-cng-truck-caused-karu-explosion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/03\/20\/petrol-tanker-not-cng-truck-caused-karu-explosion\/","title":{"rendered":"Petrol Tanker, Not CNG Truck, Caused Karu Explosion\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Our Correspondent\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Presidential CNG Initiative (PCNGI) has clarified that the recent explosion in Karu was caused by a petrol tanker, not a Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) truck.<\/p>\n<p>This statement comes after concerns were raised about the safety of CNG vehicles following the incident.<\/p>\n<p>Independent investigations revealed that the explosion was not related to a CNG truck, but rather a petrol tanker that lost control and exploded sequel to a break failure<\/p>\n<p>However, PCNGI has expressed sympathy for those affected by the incident and emphasized its commitment to ensuring the safe use of CNG as an alternative fuel source.<\/p>\n<p>PCNGI also highlighted the safety measures it has implemented to prevent incidents in the future.<\/p>\n<p>These measures, according to the Director and Chief Executive Officer, Michael Oluwagbemi, include ensuring that all CNG vehicles are properly converted and maintained, as well as providing training and education to drivers and operators on the safe handling of CNG.<\/p>\n<p>The clarification by PCNGI is aimed at reassuring the public about the safety of CNG vehicles and promoting the continued adoption of this cleaner and more efficient fuel source.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Our Correspondent\u00a0 The Presidential CNG Initiative (PCNGI) has clarified that the recent explosion in Karu was caused by a petrol tanker, not a Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) truck. This statement comes after concerns were raised about the safety of CNG vehicles following the incident. Independent investigations revealed that the explosion was not related to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":63042,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-63044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-abuja-reports","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63044","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63044"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63044\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63058,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63044\/revisions\/63058"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63042"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}