45,000-litre fuel tanker overturns in Lagos

The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, has contained a tanker mishap involving a motortruck loaded with 45,000 litres of Premium Motor Spirit connected Ijako Road, inward Oke Oso, on the Ajah Expressway successful Epe.

The mishap occurred on Friday when a Mack tanker reportedly overturned portion climbing Ijako Hill pursuing a mechanical fault.

According to a connection issued on Friday by the Permanent Secretary of LASEMA, Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, the bureau received an exigency alert astatine 11:32am and promptly deployed its Whales Team from the Epe Base to the scene.

The squad arrived 4 minutes aft it was dispatched.

Oke-Osanyintolu said archetypal findings indicated that the tanker’s propeller became detached from its associated portion the conveyance was ascending the hill, resulting successful a nonaccomplishment of momentum and causing the motortruck to overturn.

He added that 1 of the tanker’s compartments was leaking fuel, starring exigency unit to instantly initiate containment and information operations.

“There were nary reported fatalities oregon injuries. Prior to LASEMA’s arrival, the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, Oke ...