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LASEMA Successfully Recovers Burning Oil Tanker With Contents Intact (PHOTOS)
Save for the timely intervention of the LASEMA Response Team that extinguished the fire of a burning Oil Tanker loaded to capacity with 46, 000 litres of fuel intact, at the Secretariat Bus Stop, Alausa, beside the pedestrian bridge, today, Saturday 18th July 2020, the area would have been in flames with screaming headlines on the media.
The incident which received the Agency’s usual prompt response at the weekend received the Distress call via its 767/112 Toll-Free Line, recorded no loss of lives, nor injuries, while the over two-hour operation lasted in the battle against the burning truck head in order to curtail the fire and stop a highly probable explosion.
While the LASEMA Response Team successfully recovered the gutted Petrol Oil Tanker without any human loss, the feat was achieved without further loss of properties nor damages, with the full content of 46, 000 litres of fuel salvaged intact, at the Secretariat Bus Stop through the deployment of its heavy-duty equipment, the Super Metro and support of men of the Lagos State Fire Services and other stakeholders.
Further, remains of the gutted Oil Tanker has been safely recovered off the road to avoid any secondary incident, while also restoring the road to normalcy for vehicular activities.
In the aforementioned incident; the affected oil tanker has been towed-off the road to a safe place nearby where the head of the affected tanker will be replaced by its owners.
These are photos from the operation carried out the LASEMA crew in Lagos
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