Lagos has once again been rocked by an inferno that started when a fuel-laden tanker spilled its content beside Ojo Barracks bus stop along Lagos-Badagry Expressway
Eyewitnesses blamed the fuel spill on the terrible state of the road as the resulting inferno led to the burning of no fewer than eight other vehicles plying the road at the same time. The tanker had reportedly left the scene before the fire outbreak.
According to a report by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the inferno, which began at about 5:00am, destroying the contents of a Mack trailer conveying crates of drinks from Intercontinental Breweries.
The truck belonging to Total Oil, which loaded its content from the Apapa was said to be heading to an unknown destination, inward Oshodi, when it ahd a burst tyre and went up in flames around Cele bus-stop.