“I saw a spark of flash and fire, then there was a sudden noise of an explosion and all I could hear was people screaming from one point to the other…it was a state of pandemonium and confusion as many struggled for breath to stay alive. They were being carried away by the flood waters that had taken over the once busy roads of Circle,” an eyewitness told me in disbelief as he offered his own account of the disaster which claimed over a hundred and fifty lives.