Fuel-laden Tanker Crashes In Lagos, Burns Several Vehicles, Others

An oil tanker fully loaded with Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) otherwise known as petrol has crashed into a truck and damaged several vehicles and other public utilities worth millions of naira in Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial capital.

The incident occurred around House 229, Moshood Abiola Way, opposite Fashola Estate, Lagos State at about 7:30 pm on Thursday.

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) Acting Coordinator, Lagos Territorial Office, Ibrahim Farinloye, who confirmed the incident, said the incident occurred at 7:30 pm at Palex bus stop by Iganmu Bridge, Ijora.

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Farinloye listed vehicles damaged to include “two buses, two cars, a trailer loaded with sardines and detergent, one SUV, three flat body trailer, two twenty feet containers and two PMS tankers".

Also, according to him, 12 high-tension electric poles were destroyed in the incident.

He said that all the occupants of the vehicles involved were able to flee before the product caught fire.

"There was no injury or casualty in the incident,” he said.

Farinloye said the carcasses of the burnt vehicles were being evacuated by the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) officials.

Meanwhile, residents of Moshood Abiola Way through Sifax down to Ijora Underbridge to Apapa have been advised to suspend the use of naked fire for the time being.

In a public announcement titled "Urgent Public Safety Measure," it was noted that in the process of evacuating the tankers, the product spilt into the drainages and moved towards communities.

"At the same time, no one is advised to use the streams and tributaries of any rivers for washing or bathing.

“The Fire Services are presently carrying blanketing to make the product ineffective. Utmost cautions are highly advised please," the announcement read.