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Two persons were on Wednesday burnt beyond
recognition after a petrol tanker exploded at
Barracks Bus Stop, along Mile 2 on Badagry
Expressway, Ojo in Lagos State.
The Nation gathered the 33,000 litre fuel- laden
tanker exploded after it fell due to a bad portion
of the road in the area.
It was learnt when the tanker fell, a container and
three other vehicles ran into the spilled contents
on the road and ignited fire.
While some of the motorists escaped, two people
were burnt beyond recognition and five vehicles
including the tanker and a container was also
burnt.
Passersby ran helter shelter with many injured in
the process while scampering for safety.
The incident was said to have occurred around
8am leading to zero vehicular movement on both
sides of the expressway for over an hour.
The Nation learnt around 10am, the fire was
under control and vehicular movement had been
restored to the area following intervention of the
officials of the Lagos State Fire Service, the
Response Team of the Lagos State Emergency
Management Agency (LASEMA) and other security
officials.
A passerby who was at the scene while the fire
was burning, Hon Ralph Nwafor, said the tanker
loaded with petroleum product fall in front of Ojo
military cantonment, adding that the entire road
for vehicular movement to and fro mile 2 was
blocked during the inferno.
He said that the intervention of the uniformed
men, Lagos State Fire Service and the Response
Unit of LASEMA, helped to combat the fire and to
clear the traffic.
According to him: “I saw two human bodies burnt
beyond recognition; asides the fuel tanker, a
container and other vehicles were also burnt.
“Many people were injured as a result of the fear
caused by the fire. People ran up and down in
search for safety. Those that were on Okada, were
particularly injured.”
Acting Director Lagos Fire Service Rasaki
Musibau, who visited the accident scene, warned
motorists to avoid leaving their vehicles on the
road unattended to especially in the night in order
to avert Fire and safe lives.
source: thenationonlineng.net/updated-two-burnt-to-death-scores-injured-in-lagos-tanker-explosion/

Truevine:Two persons were on Wednesday burnt beyond
recognition after a petrol tanker exploded at
Barracks Bus Stop, along Mile 2 on Badagry
Expressway, Ojo in Lagos State.
The Nation gathered the 33,000 litre fuel- laden
tanker exploded after it fell due to a bad portion
of the road in the area.
It was learnt when the tanker fell, a container and
three other vehicles ran into the spilled contents
on the road and ignited fire.
While some of the motorists escaped, two people
were burnt beyond recognition and five vehicles
including the tanker and a container was also
burnt.
Passersby ran helter shelter with many injured in
the process while scampering for safety.
The incident was said to have occurred around
8am leading to zero vehicular movement on both
sides of the expressway for over an hour.
The Nation learnt around 10am, the fire was
under control and vehicular movement had been
restored to the area following intervention of the
officials of the Lagos State Fire Service, the
Response Team of the Lagos State Emergency
Management Agency (LASEMA) and other security
officials.
A passerby who was at the scene while the fire
was burning, Hon Ralph Nwafor, said the tanker
loaded with petroleum product fall in front of Ojo
military cantonment, adding that the entire road
for vehicular movement to and fro mile 2 was
blocked during the inferno.
He said that the intervention of the uniformed
men, Lagos State Fire Service and the Response
Unit of LASEMA, helped to combat the fire and to
clear the traffic.
According to him: “I saw two human bodies burnt
beyond recognition; asides the fuel tanker, a
container and other vehicles were also burnt.
“Many people were injured as a result of the fear
caused by the fire. People ran up and down in
search for safety. Those that were on Okada, were
particularly injured.”
Acting Director Lagos Fire Service Rasaki
Musibau, who visited the accident scene, warned
motorists to avoid leaving their vehicles on the
road unattended to especially in the night in order
to avert Fire and safe lives.
source: thenationonlineng.net/updated-two-burnt-to-death-scores-injured-in-lagos-tanker-explosion/

Government should find solution on this matter in lagis ,is too ramper