An unidentified person has died on Friday, when a petrol tanker laden with fuel burst into flames in front of Oando filling station at Obalende, Ikoyi, Lagos.
According to the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), 16 persons, including a firefighter, were also injured in the incident.
In a statement on Friday, Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, chief executive officer of LASEMA, said the agency received a distress call that a 45,000-litre capacity tanker had fallen on its side in front of the petrol station.
He said efforts to combat the fire was successful, adding that;
Efforts to combat the flames by the agency’s officials and men of the Lagos State Fire Service and the Federal Fire Service was successful and the fire was extinguished and the station and surrounding buildings protected.
Osanyintolu stressed that;
Unfortunately, the inferno resulted in a single (1) fatality, fifteen (15) minor casualties and one (1) major casualty who happens to be a Lagos State Firefighter. He has been subsequently transferred to the Lagos State General Hospital for treatment while minor casualties received on-the-scene medical attention.
This fire incident comes five days after a NNPC fuel station in Ogba, Lagos went up in flames destroying over 30 cars at a nearby automobile store.
Watch a video of the Obalende fire below;
@TrafficChiefNG @Gidi_Traffic Petrol tanker on fire at Obalende close to Oando filling station pic.twitter.com/dBHnrsxEiB
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