LASEMA, Others Battle Otedola Tanker Explosion

The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, has restored vehicular movement to the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway after an early morning tanker explosion.

Responders were about concluding the recovery of a truck laden with 40 ft container that fell last night at Otedola Bridge, inward Berger when a tanker about 300 metres away from the fallen truck exploded at about 2:45 a.m this morning.

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The tanker had collided with a truck while moving inward Berger and exploded immediately.

No casualty was recorded. The Agency’s Responders, including its Fire Team and Lagos State Fire Service, jointly put out the fire and salvaged a tanker with registration number KJA 662 YA, laden with 33,000 litres of fire affected the following:

– a tanker laden with diesel with plate no KSF-269 XY
– a 40ft containerized truck with plate no ENU-814 YS
– a tanker loaded with diesel with plate no KSF-271 XY
– a car burnt beyond recognition
– a six tyre truck burnt beyond recognition
– a 20ft containerized truck.

These are photos of the evacuation done by LASEMA at the weekend

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