Two Injured As Tanker Plunges From Otedola Bridge, Bursts Into Flames
Firefighters contained the blaze as emergency crews rescued two victims with severe burns and moved them for urgent treatment, officials said.
- On Monday, a 33,000-litre diesel tanker plunged off the Otedola Bridge near Berger in Lagos and erupted into a "ferocious inferno beneath the bridge," leaving two people severely injured.
- Operatives of the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service engaged in "concerted firefighting operations to contain and extinguish the raging inferno," while the 33,000-litre tanker was transporting petroleum products from a depot.
- Multiple agencies coordinated rescue efforts: the Federal Road Safety Corps , the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency's Rescue Unit , and police from the Alausa Police Division assisted the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority in managing the scene.
- The two severely burnt victims were transported to the Lagos State Accident and Emergency Centre for immediate medical attention, as Controller-General Margaret Abimbola Adeseye urged motorists to exercise caution near emergency scenes.
- This incident recalls a gas truck explosion near Otedola Bridge on March 11, 2025, when the National Emergency Management Agency reported one fatality, four injuries, and 14 vehicles destroyed.
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