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 .
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.