A tanker has caught fire under Otedola Bridge along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) has confirmed.
The agency’s spokesperson, Olawale Afolabi, said in a brief message to journalists on Monday that LASEMA received a distress alert about the incident at about 4:24 p.m.
He said the agency immediately deployed its Tiger response team to the scene.
“Tiger team en route to Otedola. Tanker on fire,” he stated.
Further details about the cause of the fire, possible casualties and the extent of the damage were not immediately available at the time of filing this report.
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