11 Plc probes cause of the incident as fire razed storey building, rendered many homeless There was pandemonium at Idi-Oro, in the Mushin area of Lagos State, Nigeria’s commercial capital, on Wednesday, when a tanker loaded with Premium Motor Spirit (petrol) exploded at a Mobil Filling Station in the community. The fire was said to have spread to an adjoining three-storey building, burning down the property. Eyewitnesses said the fire started around 1pm when the tanker, laden with 33,000 litres of petrol, was discharging its content at the filling station…
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‘How 33,000 litre-fuel tanker fell, spilled content on Lagos Airport road’
Scores of residents, motorists and pedestrians cheated death at the Hajj Camp along Murtala Muhammed International Airport as a tanker loaded with 33,000 litres of diesel lost control and fell on the road on Wednesday morning. Although the exact cause of the accident was still sketchy, it was, however, learnt that tanker lost control and overturned due to the driver’s negligence. Confirming the incident, the LASEMA DG, Dr Olufemi Damilola Oke-Osanyintolu said no life was lost but added that the tanker driver and motor boy sustained injuries and have…
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