Saturday, October 4, 2025 - A yet to be specified number of persons have lost their lives in a tanker fire accident that occurred along the Abeokuta–Sagamu expressway at about 1am on Friday, October 3.
Confirming the incident to newsmen, the Ogun State Traffic
Compliance and Enforcement Agency, Babatunde Akinbiyi, said a petrol-laden
33,000-litre tanker overturned due to excessive speeding and spilled its
contents on the highway, He further stated that the impact of the fall
triggered a fire outbreak, which spread to other vehicles and electric poles.
“The case of
an inferno caused by a 30,000-litre fuel-laden tanker which fell on its side
and spilled its contents around 0100hrs today, along the
Abeokuta–Kobape–Siun–Sagamu Interchange stretch of the PMB Expressway, due to
excessive speed and loss of control, has been reported.
The effect
of the unfortunate incident also extended to the burning of a truck and a tow
vehicle along the roadside, as well as the destruction of a PHCN cable
supplying electricity to Mowe and environs.
Though the
casualty figures cannot be ascertained presently, rescue and emergency services
made up of TRACE, Ogun State and Nestlé PLC Fire Service, FRSC, and the Police
are still on the ground to restore normalcy and orderliness after quenching the
fire and carrying out the decantation process. “he said
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