• July 6, 2024

Another tanker explosion on Otedola bridge,Lasema clears road

 Another tanker explosion on Otedola bridge,Lasema clears road

By our Reporter

Lagos has recorded another tanker explosion on Otedola bridge in Lagos earlier today.

This led to a long traffic along the route early today before it was cleared by Lagos State officials.

The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, (LASEMA), officials later restored vehicular movement to the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway after an early morning tanker explosion.

Responders were about concluding the recovery of a truck laden with 40 ft container that fell last night at Otedola Bridge, inward Berger, when a tanker about 300 metres away from the fallen truck exploded at about 2:45a.m this morning.

The tanker had collided with a truck while moving inward Berger and exploded immediately.

No casualty was recorded. The Agency’s Responders, including its Fire Team and Lagos State Fire Service , jointly put out the fire and salvaged a tanker with registration number KJA 662 YA, laden with 33,000 litres of fire affected the following: a tanker laden with diesel with plate no KSF-269 XY, 40ft containerized truck with plate no ENU-814 YS,tanker loaded with diesel with plate no KSF-271 XY,a car burnt beyond recognition,a six tyre truck burnt beyond recognition and a 20ft containerized truck .

2 Comments

  • The Nigerian authorities need to something about this location as soon as possible. This ugly occurrence has become one too many on this spot.

  • The Nigerian authorities need to do* something about this location as soon as possible. This ugly occurrence has become one too many on this spot.

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