Eyewitness says the commercial bus was picking up passengers at the bus stop along the Ojuelegba Bridge when the truck lost control and fell over the side of the bridge.

Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) officials who were present at the scene suspended the container and cut off the top of the bus to rescue a woman and take her to the trauma centre.

LASEMA Permanent Secretary, Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu confirmed the incident.

He explained that the nine victims recovered comprised four adult males, three adult females, a girl child and a boy child.

“Recovery of the fallen container is still ongoing, though it has been taken off on top of the minibus but is yet to be completely removed from the location, traffic is still on hold, and we have a backlog of traffic presently at Alaka.

“Kindly exercise patience or find an alternative if you are not trapped in the traffic.”

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The truck driver was said to be conveying the product to a filling station in the area but lost control of the vehicle due to the bad road.

The truck crashed, the tank fell, and got ruptured causing petrol spillage on the road and into the drainage channel in the area.

It was gathered that a spark on the petrol spillage caused a fire which razed shops and buildings.

An eyewitness, who identified himself as Oladele, said the fire caused the community to panic as no fewer than 10 houses were razed by the fire.

He said, “A lot of people have abandoned their homes; some people are still looking for their children. This is a serious fire and it was caused by a tanker that fell while plying the Olambe to connect Matogun. Shops and about 10 building have been burnt.”

The Lagos Territorial Coordinator, National Emergency Management Agency, Ibrahim Farinloye, confirmed the incident in a statement on Saturday.

He stated that no casualty had been recorded, adding that the contents of the tank spilled around 7am.

“A tanker laden with about 45,000 litres of PMS crashed, spilled its content and exploded around 7am at Olambe, Matogun Road, Ifo LGA, Ogun State.” Farinloye said.

“Though, no live was lost or anyone sustained injury but about 10 buildings were consumed in the incident.

“The situation was mitigated with most of the content spilling into the canal close to the scene, thereby saving the community from serious incident that could have affected people. The fire has been put out.”

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SGF thanked God that the inferno did not claim any live except the destruction of peoples property. He commended the quick intervention of fire service and other emergency responders in confronting and taming the raging inferno.

He said that the government will put all necessary measures in place to avoid reocurrence.

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The accident involved a Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) tanker at Mobolaji Bank Anthony Way, opposite Sheraton Hotels and Towers, Ikeja.

The explosion which occurred around 10:32 pm on Thursday also destroyed 25 vehicles.

The impact of the explosion was felt inside the buildings of the Government Residential Area (GRA) axis of Ikeja, Daily Dates Nigeria gathered.

The Acting Coordinator, South-West Zonal Office, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Ibrahim Farinloye, confirmed this on Friday.

Farinloye said the explosion was alleged to have been caused by leakage while the LPG tanker was in motion.

He said, “The resulting fire travelled with the wind to the premises of Ogun State Property Investment Company (OPIC) Plaza besides Sheraton Hotels, which houses different commercial outfits including a Chinese Restaurant.

“The fire was put out at about 12.30 a.m., after concerted efforts of five fire trucks from the Lagos State Fire Service and two trucks from the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency Response Unit.

“The initial search and rescue activities revealed that 13 persons sustained various degrees of burns. Out of this, nine are males while four are females.”

Farinloye stated that the affected victims were taken to the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), adding that four of the victims with severe injuries were later transferred to the trauma and burns centre at Gbagada General Hospital.

He noted that “Comprehensive post-disaster assessment on the extent of general damages would be done later today.”

This incident comes exactly six weeks after a fire razed the fabric section of Cairo market in Oshodi, Lagos.

Goods worth millions of naira were destroyed in the market fire, but no loss of life was recorded.

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