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By Olasunkanmi Akoni Tragedy struck on Friday evening when a 45,000 capacity laden truck with Automotive Gas Oil, AGO, otherwise called, Diesel, suddenly caught fire opposite a fuel station at Obalende roundabout, Lagos Island, killing one person and injured 16 in a lone accident. Recall that a few days ago, a fuel station located along
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By Olasunkanmi Akoni In what could have degenerated into fire explosion has been averted by emergency responders on Lagos when a tanker laden with Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, had its rear content detached from the vehicle on Otedola Bridge, outward Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Sunday morning. The road has been cordoned off. Traffic already building up due
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A woman, her daughter and a vulcaniser on Saturday suffered varying degrees of burns after a petrol-laden tanker fell and exploded at Atatun, Ijaiye-Tutun, in Abeokuta on Friday evening. According to an eyewitness, the victims were immediately rushed to the Federal Medical Centre, Idi-Aba, Abeokuta. No fewer than five houses and several shops were burnt
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A tanker laden with about 11,000 litres of diesel on Thursday morning went up in flames at the Abule Osun Bus Station, in the Ojo barracks axis of the Badagry expressway, Lagos. Channels Tv reports that the scene of the accident is adjacent to China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) construction yard. Firefighters were quickly
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The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Ogun Command said that a tanker laden with 33,000 litres of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) crashed around RCCG Car Park C, near Mowe, on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.
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By Olasunkanmi Akoni For the fourth time within a week, emergency response team in the early hours of today, Saturday, prevented possible fire explosion as another tanker loaded with 33, 000 litres of Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, fell on the notorious Otedola Bridge, along Lagos Ibadan Expressway. The incident, according to report, happened at 4.45
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By Olasunkanmi Akoni Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, (LASEMA) early Wednesday morning, averted yet another disaster when it recovered an oil tanker laden with 44,000 litres of Aviation fuel (Jet A1) which involved in a lone accident on the Otedola Bridge inward Berger, along Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. In the operation, LASEMA team’s preliminary investigations revealed that
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By Olasunkanmi Akoni Men of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, the state Fire Service, Nigeria Police among others, saved what could have been another disaster when a tanker laden with 44,000 litres of Aviation fuel fell and spilt its content on the road along the notorious Otedola Bridge, on Lagos Ibadan Expressway. The
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Reports say some members of the community alleged that the driver unsuccessfully tried to scoop fuel from a pipeline after his colleagues reportedly did same.
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By Olasunkanmi Akoni A fuel tanker loaded with 33,000 litres of aviation fuel has fallen outward Local Airport, MM2 road, Ikeja and presently spilling its content on the road. The area, AP Bus Stop inward local airport has been cordoned off by emergency responders. Efforts in progress to avert disaster. The fallen tanker incident happened
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