One life lost, vehicles, shops burnt in petrol tanker explosion in Lagos
In any event, a male grown-up was affirmed dead, while three unique vehicles and a few shops were scorched in a shoot flare-up yesterday because of a big hauler blast at Ajegunle through Toll Gate Bus Stop, Abeokuta Expressway, Lagos.
The Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service quickly and effectively fought the fire which seethed for quite some time because of nature of the occurrence and region. It was accumulated that the occurrence which happened at 2:16am yesterday, brought about weighty gridlock as the whole street was cordoned-off and traffic redirected to elective routes.According to an observer, “the hellfire broke-out because of a big hauler intended to support Ayinde Oil Filling Station at Ajegunle which inadvertently spilled its substance — 45,000 liters Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, famously called petroleum while arranging a curve to the station thus came about to discharge outbreakfrom the loathsome exercises of scoopers at the Toll Gate end.””The exercises of individuals scooping the spilled item from the street, made the shoot episode which spread side of the road stopgap shops at Ajegunle transport stop.
Chief, Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, Adeseye Margaret, who affirmed the occurrence made sense of that everything going on starting around 7 am, had been managed by the Agege, Ikeja and Alausa fire group of the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service.Magaret guaranteed that the present circumstance was taken care of as the most common way of cleaning up and clearing of the leftovers of the fire was progressing.