It was learnt that the explosion happened around 1 am on Thursday.
At least ten people have lost their lives in a tanker explosion around Araromi town, towards Sagamu Interchange on the outward Lagos section of the Lagos-Ibadan expressway.
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Confirming the incident to Channels Television was the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Sector Commander in Ogun State, Ahmed Umar, noting that two fuel-laden tankers, two trucks, and one bus were involved in the explosion.
Umar said three of the vehicles were burnt in the inferno and that 12 persons were involved. He said 10 persons were burnt to death while two occupants of the vehicles escaped.
The FRSC official added there was a possibility of discovering more casualties as recovery efforts were ongoing.
According to Umar, the burnt persons were taken to Olabisi Onabanjo Teaching Hospital in Sagamu while some of the burnt vehicles were towed off the road, leaving the two tankers for the fuel content to be moved.
He said while the cause of the incident remained unknown, eyewitnesses attributed it to excessive speeding by one of the truck drivers.