By Ade Oyeyemi
A tanker caught fire beneath the Otedola Bridge along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Monday, prompting an emergency response from the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency.
The agency’s spokesperson, Olawale Afolabi, confirmed the incident in a brief message to journalists.
According to Afolabi, LASEMA received a distress alert at about 4:24 pm and immediately dispatched its Tiger response team to the scene.
“Tiger team en route to Otedola. Tanker on fire,” the spokesperson said.
The circumstances surrounding the incident, including the cause of the fire and whether anyone was injured, had yet to be established as of the time of filing this report.
Further details are expected as emergency responders assess the situation.
