In the Early Hours of Thursday Morning,29th October 2020 at about 1:30am there was pandemonium in the Mile 2 axis of the Amuwoodofin LGA, Lagos State
According to a source, A truck laden with petrol fell and this led to explosion. There were multiple tanker explosions.
The explosion which led to the huge fire outbreak that consumed trucks and tankers loaded with goods occured at the Alaba Express axis of the Oshodi-Apapa near the Lacasera company.
Close to this explosion are resident areas such as the Mile 2 Jakande Estate, Festac Extension and the Fatgbems filling station.
One of the residents in the Mile2 Estate recounted their experience saying people were running from their homes in the middle of the night in their nightware and with their kids.
Some thought it was hoodlums trying to attack the estate and using fire to cause a distraction.
It was real pandemonium and fear around those resident in that axis.
A resident shared this
An hour after the Fire started, Fire services were no where to be found. The fire raged for a while, even spreading to the opposite axis of the Expressway.
It was the La Casera company fire truck that managed and contained the situation before the Federal Fire service arrived with little amount of water.
The fire was put out and fully contained around 3am. We were informed that 2 Tankers and 4 containers carrying goods were all burnt.
It is uncertain if there were any casualties in the fire as at this time of filing this report.
Cause of the fireoutbreak still unknown, some say it was a truck collision that led to the explosion thereby a fireoutbreak, some said that the truck fell and people were scooping fuel. An eyewitness said that the truck fell and exploded.
We are calling on the government to take swift actions to fix the roads and evacuate trucks and tankers off that axis.
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