Month: June 2018

A man who managed to escape serious tragedy after a fuel tanker exploded in Lagos, has told his story.
The unnamed man gave his account of what happened shortly after the fire outbreak caught up with as many as 54 vehicles.

He explained that while they were stuck in traffic, he saw a tanker moving backwards before hitting a culvert and falling over.

According to him, immediately the tanker fell, he quickly picked his phone and power bank and his keys and then exited his car. He then noticed that the fallen tanker was pouring out fuel and realized that it was a serious matter

He decided to run away before any other thing happened. According to him, he saw a man behind him trying to reverse his car. He told the man to leave his car and run away but the man refused.

At this point, he decided to just flee for his life and it was not long before the explosion happened.

Watch the man talk about his experience below:

The driver of the fuel laden truck that exploded in Lagos leading to the death of at least nine persons and burning of 54 vehicles on Thursday did not die from the inferno, The Eagle Online has gathered.
The driver, according to available information, jumped out of the vehicle before it eventually crashed and went up in flames.
Before and after jumping out of the vehicle, the driver was said to have waved frantically to vehicles behind him to make room for the tanker as it was rolling back.
As confirmed by the Federal Road Safety Corps, the tanker had lost its brake and was rolling back on the Michael Otedola Bridge on the ever busy Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.
At the time of the accident, which was put at 5:30pm by the Corps Education Officer of the FRSC, Commander Bisi Kazeem, the stretch of the road usually witnesses traffic snarl, thus resulting in the inability of drivers to manoeuvre.
As at press time, it could not be confirmed if the driver had been arrested.

source: Theeagleonline.com.ng…

The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, has confirmed nine people dead and 53 vehicles burnt in the aftermath of the fuel tanker explosion on Otedola Bridge, inward Berger area of Lagos, Southwest Nigeria on Thursday.

General Manager, LASEMA, Adesina Tiamiyu told PM News that the tanker fell around 5:53pm and exploded, while vehicle behind it were caught in the fire.

He said nine people were burnt beyond recognition while four others were rescued, with two in critical condition and two others with minor injuries.

According to him, 53 vehicles were consumed in the inferno, describing the incident as a sad one.

Tiamiyu added that officials of LASTMA, FRSC, LASEMA, Police, fire services, among others were still at the scene trying to evacuate the remains of the tanker and vehicles and free the road for vehicular movement.…

Following the fuel-laden tanker that exploded along the Otedola Bridge axis of Berger in the commercial city of Lagos, along Lagos-Ibadan way, with the blaze engulfing many other vehicles yesterday, some celebrities have taken to different social media sites to react.

Singer Don Jazzy has reacted to the Incident, The mavin boss said its a Bad Omen..
He has already changed his Twitter Avi to Total Darkness, empty space.

Other celebrities like Davido, Runtown, Reekado Banks and even ex-vice president, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar have also taken to social media to show their love and support and also send their prayers to the bereaved families and Nigeria.

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