Two dead as tanker explodes along Lagos-Abeokuta expressway

Two dead as tanker explodes along Lagos-Abeokuta expressway at the old toll gate end of the Lagos – Abeokuta Expressway, around Sango, Ogun State.

News Today was told that the fire started around 12.05am.

The spokesperson for the state fire service, Muinat Adeleke- Ashimi, who spoke for the Acting Director, Margaret Adeseye, said two dead bodies were found around 4am.

Two dead as tanker explodes along Lagos-Abeokuta expressway

She said, “The petrol tanker skidded off the road, which resulted in the fire. Our men arrived at the scene at 12.14am.

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“The fire was extinguished around 4 am when two casualties were found precisely a male and a female.