Breaking! [Video] Tanker Explosion Rocks Otedola Bridge, Halts Vehicular Movement

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A tanker laden with fuel has exploded on Otedola Bridge along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.

A vehicle and a container truck were also reportedly caught up in the inferno.

In circulating videos of the incident, smoke can be seen billowing from the scene of the fire.

The explosion has led to gridlock on the expressway as drivers and passengers abandoned their vehicles to scamper to safety.

 

'Dotun Akintomide
'Dotun Akintomide
'Dotun Akintomide's journalism works intersect business, environment, politics and developmental issues. Among a number of local and international publications, his work has appeared in the New York Times. He's a winner of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Award. Currently, the Online Editor at The New Diplomat, Akintomide has produced reports that uniquely spoke to Nigeria's experience on Climate Change issues. When Akintomide is not writing, volunteering or working on a media project, you can find him seeing beautiful sites like the sandy beaches that bedecked the Lagos coastline.

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