Tanker Explodes, Many Dead and Injured

Monday, July 2, 2018

At least nine people were killed when a fuel tanker exploded on a highway in Lagos, Nigeria, on June 28. The oil tanker exploded setting more than 50 cars on fire during rush hour in the city.

“Petrol started leaking. A bus ran into it. The fire hadn’t started, then a car ran into the bus, which caused the fuel to ignite,” a witness, Oludare Adodo, told CNN. “Suddenly, I heard a loud ‘blam!’”

“Some folks were abandoning their cars and running, and those closest to the tanker were simply merged into a wall of red,” he added.

Such explosions are not uncommon in Nigeria, with the Premium Times in Nigeria recording 115 tanker accidents in 2016.

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