JUST IN: ANOTHER FUEL TANKER EXPLODES IN LAGOS
Joseph Omoniyi
Another fuel tanker explosion has been reported in Lagos Badagry Expressway on Tuesday morning.
Casualty of the incident is yet to be confirmed, reports however said four tankers were involved in the accident and many commercial buses were up in flames.
Many Nigerians have taken to twitter to report the incident which is said to have occurred at 5.32 am at Barracks bus stop in Ojo.
According to Jose @yemmytimmydar, “A big bang of tanker explosion at Barracks now 5:32am’’
GIDITRAFFIC Verified account @Gidi_Traffic which confirmed the incident retweeted”@olaabdulakeem: “ Tanker explosion at Barracks Bustop along Lagos Badagry Exp way this early morning 2/10/2018. No loss of life had been confirmed though.’’
You will recall that, on the 29th of June, 2018, a fatal tanker explosion occurred on Otedola bridge along Lagos-Ibadan expressway, which recorded the death of many and had about 55 vehicles destroyed.
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