Scores of youths took over Awala Quarters in Tudun-Wada area of Gusau, Zamfara state, on Thursday to scramble for fuel from NNPC's burst pipe.
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Some residents told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Gusau on Thursday that they had never seen such quantity of petrol flowing freely.
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They said the commodity suddenly started gushing out from the earth in the early hours of Wednesday.
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Lawali Usman, one of the youths said "we started perceiving the smell of petrol at about 3a.m. When we came out, we saw the product gushing out in large quantity from the ground.
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"Many residents, including youths and housewives, woke to the commotion as it was time to eat before the Ramadan fast. The place was filled with various sizes of containers.''