Two killed, vehicles burnt as fuel tanker explodes on Kara bridge

A fuel tanker exploded on Kara bridge, a section of the Lagos-Ibadan expressway, in the early hours on Saturday resulting in the death of at least two people.

According to the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA), the tanker was involved in an accident with a truck.

“An accident happened overnight just after Kara bridge outward Lagos that involved a loaded tanker and a truck, both vehicles got burnt after the tanker spilt its contents on the road and on the other truck,” a tweet shared by the traffic management agency read.

[8:50AM] #AccidentReport #LagosIbadanExpressway #Kara
An accident happened overnight just after Kara bridge outward Lagos that Involved a loaded Tanker and a Truck, both vehicles got burnt after the Tanker spilled it's contents on the road and on the other truck. pic.twitter.com/qwV8wTR7wK

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— LASTMA (@followlastma) November 7, 2020

The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) said it responded to the incident around 1:05am.

“The joint team (agency + @LAG_FireService) was waylaid on arrival by a group of miscreants brandishing weapons and was forced to seek extra police cover from the Isheri police station,” LASEMA said.

“The operation commenced with police protection until the group of assailants grew larger and caused significant damage to vehicles and threats to the life of our personnel. The team was forced to suspend the recovery operation for safety reasons.”

UPDATE ON TANKER FIRE ON KARA BRIDGE, OUTWARD BERGER
The agency responded to the incident at 0105hrs this morning according to the State emergency response plan.
The joint team (agency + @LAG_FireService ) was waylaid on arrival by a group of miscreants brandishing weapons

— LRU #Call112 (@lasemasocial) November 7, 2020

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Femi Oke-Osanyintolu, LASEMA director-general, said: “It is of note that this attack is part of a very worrisome trend of first responders being attacked in the course of their duties. Lagosians are urged to refrain from endangering the lives of emergency responders”.