A fuel tanker is currently on fire under Otedola Bridge along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.
The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, confirmed the incident on Monday evening.
LASEMA spokesperson, Olawale Afolabi, said the agency received a distress alert at about 4:24 p.m.
He said the Agency’s Tiger response team has been immediately dispatched to the scene.
“Tiger team en route to Otedola. Tanker on fire,” Afolabi stated in a brief message to journalists.
The cause of the fire and casualty situation is yet to be ascertained as emergency responders race to the scene.
Motorists are advised to avoid the area and use alternative routes.
Details later…
