Many feared dead, houses burnt in Lagos midnight tanker fire
A yet to be ascertained number of persons have been killed while several houses, among other properties destroyed as a tanker said to be loaded with petrol crashed and exploded at Ajegunle Bus-Stop, Alagbado, on the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway.
Men of the state fire service and the police have however been deployed in the area to mitigate effects of the incident happened around 3am on Friday (today).
A resident, Samuel Adeyemo, who spoke to newsmen said no one could tell the number of casualties.
The lawyer said, “We cannot tell the number of those that died. The police and fire service have been working and trying to put out the fire.”
A man with a shop in the area said some residents who attempted to scoop fuel were killed.
He said, “I have a shop here. I was called that the fire started around 3am, but by the time I got here, my shop had been razed.
“When the fuel started pouring down the canal, some people tried to scoop fuel. By the time the explosion happened, many of them were trapped and killed.”
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