Shops, Vehicles Burnt As Tanker Falls Off Iyana Ipaja Bridge

Several Shops and vehicles have be destroyed by fire after a tanker loaded with fuel veered off a bridge at Iyana Ipaja area of Lagos State and exploded.
The fire burnt the line of shops, covering over 50 metres by the road side.

According to the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), the incident was reported at about 12:58am.

A spokesman for the NAMA, Ibrahim Farinloye, said: “We received the alert around 12:58am and we swung into action. Unfortunately it was a late action. When we heard it, we thought it was a pipeline fire. We deployed fire service to the area.

Source: Entertainment Express