21/06/20
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DANIELS G. O
Two People were reported dead and several injured on Sunday morning in an explosion involving A Petrol tanker, Cement and Gas Truck at the Kara Bridge Area of the Lagos Ibadan express way.
The incident which occurred at the early hours of Sunday morning resulted in a serious traffic grid lock on the axis.
With the effort of Fire fighters from Ogun State and Lagos State,the fire was later put out.
According to the Lagos state emergency response team,one of the Tankers that carried 33 ,000 litres of Premium motor spirit crashed into another truck and resulted in a fire.
The road has been cleared of traffic after the fire was put out by a combined team of emergency responders at about 3 PM Sunday afternoon.
The Director General of the Lagos state emergency management Agency Oke-Osanyintolu Oluwafemi who spoke with news men at the scent confirmed that 2 people where rescued alive while the state authorities recovered some bones persons gutted by the fire.