Nine persons died in the petrol
tanker fire around Otedola Bridge on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Thursday
after it caught fire and spread the inferno to the vehicles behind, the Federal
Road Safety Corps said.
The FRSC also said in its update that the victims were burnt
beyond recognition. There were four other serious injuries.
According to the FRSC, 54 vehicles were burnt. There were 45
cars caught in the inferno, along with five buses, two trucks, inec tricycle
and the tanker itself .
The accident, inward Lagos, happened around 5.30pm today.
According to Bisi Kazeem, spokesman of the FRSC, the cause of
accident was break failure suffered by the petrol laden tanker.
A Joint rescue operation involving FRSC, LASEMA, NPF, RRS,
NSCDC, Lagos State Fire service, LASTMA was mounted promptly within 10 minutes
of the accident.
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