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The Nigerian Police and the National Emergency Management Authority, NEMA, have given details on the circumstances that led to the gas tanker explosion at Otedola bridge in Lagos on Tuesday.
Ibrahim Farinloye, the South-west coordinator of NEMA, disclosed that the explosion occurred when the fully loaded gas tanker fell while trying to ascend the link road that connected Otedola Estate to the bridge.
According to him, the explosion resulted in the loss of many lives and property including a church, four houses while four people were also injured.
Also speaking on the cause of the inferno, Benjamin Hundeyin, a Chief Superintendent of Police, CSP, who is the spokesperson o fthe Lagos Police Command, said report received by the Command revealed that the gas tanker somersaulted while climbing the road to link the bridge.
“The accident was suspected to have occurred when the vehicle was trying to ascend the kink road to Lagos-Ibadan Expressway by Otedola Bridge and consequently the vehicle somersaulted and spill it’s entire content on the road and fire was ignited immediately,” he said
Hundeyin said properties lost in the inferno include four buildings; 15 vehicles including tricycles, an unspecified number of people, shops and household properties.
He added that efforts are being made to know the exact number of people that died but said two bodies were recovered, adding that among properties affected was a private hospital.
