Operatives of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) on Tuesday, moved to avoid explosion after a petrol-laden tanker crashed in surulere.
The tanker had crashed on top of Stadium Bridge inward Barracks/Ojuelegba on Funsho Williams Avenue, in the Surulere area of Lagos on Tuesday.
A statement by the Director of Public Affairs and Enlightenment, Adebayo Taofiq, Tuesday, revealed that a Conoil tanker, fully loaded with Petroleum product (PMS) fell on a Golf Volkswagen car and had its contents spreading over the other side of the expressway.
Adebayo confirmed that in order to prevent another imminent fire explosion, LASTMA Officials as first emergency responders after arriving at the scene immediately called other emergency responders particularly the Lasema Response Unit (LRU) and the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Services.
The statement reads: “After arriving at the scene, our personnel immediately secured the environment against area boys including other members of the public who had already gathered with buckets/jerry cans with the intention of scooping spreading fuel on the road”
“Preliminary investigations revealed that the falling Conoil tanker loaded fuel at Apapa and was on his way to Ikeja before the truck developed a break failure on Stadium Bridge.”
