In the early hours of today a petrol tanker burst into flames at Idimu Bus Stop, Egbe Idimu Local Council Development Area, LCDA, Lagos midnight destroying millions of properties.The incident occurred when two tankers
loaded with diesel were in a race to outwit each other and in the
process one of the two tankers over-turned spilling its content on the
road and immediately burst into fire.
It could not be confirmed if there was any loss of lives as the inferno
was still raging with fire fighters battling to put out the fire as 3 AM
this morning. However, the fire was eventually put out around 6 AM by
men of the fire service.
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