A Total filling station at Ikosi-ketu area of Lagos is currently being razed by fire as a result of another incident of tanker explosion.
Continue reading »BREAKING NEWS: TANKER EXPLOSION, FILLING STATION ON FIRE AT IKOSI, LAGOS
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BREAKING NEWS: TANKER EXPLODES IN LAGOS
A tanker, with 33,000 litres of diesel exploded this evening in Lagos after it collided with a BMW car along Oshodi-Apapa expressway. The incident occurred at Toyota junction, Oshodi-Apapa Expressway, inwards Oshodi. Fire fighters and emergency agencies are currently battling to put out the fire. General Manager, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, Adesina Tiamiyu said the tanker was carrying […]
Continue reading »TWO DIE IN LAGOS-IBADAN EXPRESSWAY TANKER EXPLOSION
No fewer than two persons have been confirmed dead while four others were seriously injured after a tanker, loaded with petrol, went up in flames at Kara-Aiyetoro, Ogun State end of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. It was learnt that the tanker was travelling from Lagos State to Ibadan, Oyo State, at top speed, when it lost control and crashed into a […]
Continue reading »ONE KILLED, OTHERS INJURED IN EDO TANKER EXPLOSION
One person was on Wednesday feared dead when a tanker laden with fuel ‎exploded at Upper Mission Junction on the Benin-Auchi Expressway, in Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Area of Edo State. The explosion, which was said to have occurred at about 7am, left no fewer than four persons injured. It was also gathered that the fire destroyed property worth millions of […]
Continue reading »PETROL TANKER EXPLOSION AT CELE BUS STOP, TWO BURNT TO DEATH, SEVERAL TRUCKS AND CARS DESTROYED
Following the crash and subsequent explosion of a fuel tanker said to be carrying 33,000 litres of petrol on Monday at Cele Bus Stop, along the Mile 2 Expressway, two unidentified persons were reportedly burnt to death. The explosion which also consumed several cars, stretched to about 500 metres of the ever busy bus stop, gutting everything in its path, […]
Continue reading »FATAL TANKER EXPLOSION CAUSES GRIDLOCK ON LAGOS-IBADAN EXPRESSWAY
Vehicular movement in and out of Lagos through the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway was yesterday halted for hours, following a fallen petrol tanker, which was gutted by fire around 11.05p.m. on Tuesday night at Kara-Ibafo end of the highway, a few metres from the Mountain of Fire and Miracles (MFM) camp. The situation was so chaotic that it forced the queue of […]
Continue reading »LAGOS & ONITSHA TANKER ACCIDENT UPDATE: FRSC SET TO PROSECUTE TANKER DRIVERS
The Corp Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corp (FRSC), Mr. Boboye Oyeyemi has declared that the tanker drivers involved in the recent auto crashes will be prosecuted as soon as preliminary investigations are concluded with a view to setting a precedence to serve as a deterrent.
Continue reading »TANKER DRIVER, FRSC TOW TRUCK BURNT IN EDO AUTO CRASH
A tow truck belonging to the Federal Road Safety Commission in Edo State and two other vehicles were burnt in an auto crash involving a tanker on the Benin-Ore Road. The FRSC Sector Commander in Edo, Mr. Oluwasusi Familoni, who confirmed the accident in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Saturday in Benin, said the driver of […]
Continue reading »ANOTHER FUEL TANKER EXPLOSION KILLS FIVE IN KEBBI
A fuel-laden tanker on Saturday exploded at Dabi in Kebbi State, killing five people and injuring six others. The tanker was heading to Mahuta in Kebbi State when the driver lost control of the vehicle on the hilly Dabai junction, resulting in its fall and subsequent explosion. The accident also left 12 houses and some vehicles parked by the roadside […]
Continue reading »TANKER CRASHES INTO VEHICLES IN OSUN, INJURES FIVE
Tragedy was averted in Osogbo, the Osun State capital on Friday, as a truck laden with fuel crashed into six vehicles including three commercial buses. Our correspondent gathered that the accident was caused as a result of brake failure suffered by the truck bearing 33,000 litres of premium motor spirit. The driver of the tanker marked, Lagos AGL 804XK, was […]
Continue reading »FRSC SET TO COMMENCE DRUG TESTING FOR PETROL TANKER DRIVERS
The Federal Road Safety Corps has given indications that it will commence testing petrol tanker drivers at fuel loading bays to check their alcohol level and other related drugs. This is in effort to check the spate of accidents involving petrol tankers across the country, following three different cases of accidents which occurred in Lagos within one week in which […]
Continue reading »TANKER EXPLOSIONS: LAGOS GOVT SETS UP FACT-FINDING COMMITTEE
Following the meeting between the Lagos State Government and tanker owners over the recent tanker accidents and explosions in Lagos, the government, Monday, set up a committee to examine the immediate and remote causes of the tanker fire incidents. Governor Akinwunmi Ambode disclosed this after a closed door meeting with representatives of the Petroleum Products Tanker Drivers’ Union and other […]
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