A fuel tanker exploded on Otedola bridge in the early hours of Saturday after colliding with another truck leaving five trucks and a car totally burnt.
No life was lost in the explosion.
A statement issued by the Director-General, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, Dr. Femi Oke-Osanyintolu said the agency swiftly and efficiently activated its emergency response plan.
According to him, the Agency’s responders from the Alausa centre were about concluding the recovery of a truck laden with 40 Feet container that fell yesterday night at Otedola Bridge, inward Berger, when a tanker about 300 metres away from the fallen truck exploded at about 2:45a.m.
” Upon immediate activation to the scene, it was discovered that the tanker had collided with a truck while moving inward Berger and exploded immediately.
” No casualty was recorded. However, the Agency’s Responders, including its Fire Team and Lagos State Fire Service jointly put out the fire and salvaged a tanker with diesel with plate no KSF-271 XY laden with 33,000 litres of diesel,” he said.
Others are: a car burnt beyond recognition, a six tyre truck burnt beyond recognition and a 20ft containerized truck.
” The affected trucks were recovered off the road with the aid of the Agency’s Heavy-Duty Equipment, Forklift and handed over to the Police Officers from Isheri Police Station thereby restoring the road for vehicular activities.”
