A tanker has exploded at the Lagos Quadrapont Bridge better known as Iganmu Bridge, Lagos State.
“A tanker has gone up in flames just before Iganmu bridge from Sifax. LASTMA has already alerted the @LagosRescue. Our officers at the scene are doing their best to handle the situation,” the Lagos State Traffic Management Agency (LASTMA) tweeted late Thursday.
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The Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service also confirmed the development and wrote on X: Fire Alert!…in a related development, a tanker Fire is being combatted at the Lagos Quadrapont Bridge, by National Arts Theater, Iganmu as Sari Iganmu and Ilupeju Fire Crews combine efforts to tame the raging fire”.
Fire Alert!
…in a related development, a tanker Fire is being combatted at the Lagos Quadrapont Bridge, by National Arts Theater, Iganmu as Sari Iganmu and Ilupeju Fire Crews combine efforts to tame the raging Fire.
Update to follows. pic.twitter.com/2a95u6DkiD
— Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service (@LagosRescue) October 12, 2023
Meanwhile, three passengers were rescued in Lagos from the scene of a falling tanker on Otedola Bridge, Berger area of the State on Thursday.
The fuel-laden tanker overturned and trapped a 14-seater bus belonging to a company that conveyed the passengers.
The situation forced residents of the area to scoop fuel, notwithstanding the huge risk associated with the act.
The articulated vehicle lost control while conveying Diesel outward to Lagos Capital Oil Filling Station, Lagos Ibadan Expressway, Berger, Lagos impeding movement.
Tanker Accident!
The @LagosRescue
is currently mitigating spillage from a 33k liters tanker which reported accidentally lost control while conveying Diesel outward Lagos Capital Oil Filling Station, Lagos Ibadan Expway, Berger, Lagos impeding movement at this hour. pic.twitter.com/aCaNgeAamC— Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service (@LagosRescue) October 12, 2023
