The incident caused serious traffic jams on the expressways as many road users were stranded until the intervention of traffic officials. Inferno TankerExplosion LagosIbadanExpressway Lagos
The explosion occurred at about 1:30a.m. following collision of two tankers laden with Premium Motor Spirit and gas on the outward Lagos lane.Of the victims, two were burnt to their bones. The four articulated trucks were also burnt beyond recognition as the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency attributed the incident to reckless driving of the driver of one of the articulated vehicles.
The Federal Government had ordered a nationwide curfew from 10:00p.m. to 4:00a.m. and vehicles which are unable to make it to Lagos or leave the nation’s commercial capital before 10:00p.m. are usually stranded on the bridge till 4:00a.m. when security operatives open the road to traffic. LASEMA Director-General, Dr Oluwafemi Oke-Osanyintolu, said rescue operations were completed at about 4:00p.m. He said the rescue operation was conducted by the combined efforts of the Lagos Fire Service, Lagos Response Unit and other stakeholders like UBA Fire Safety Team and Julius Berger Fire Team due to the magnitude of the inferno.
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