Many feared dead as fuel tanker explodes in Lagos

A tanker said to be loaded with petrol has crashed and exploded at Ajegunle Bus-Stop, Alagbado, on the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway.

In the fire explosion several houses, among other property, were said to have been burnt in the fire, as men of the state fire service and the police were intact in the area.

The incident happened around 3am on Friday (today).

A resident, Samuel Adeyemo, who spoke to The PUNCH, said no one could tell the number of casualties.

The lawyer said, “We cannot tell the number of those that died in the incident, while the police and fire service have been working and trying to put out the fire.”

Also a man with a shop in the area said some residents who attempted to scoop fuel when the explosion happened were trapped and killed by the fire.

He added that he have a shop there and was called the fire broke out around 3am, but before he got there his shop has been stripped by fire.