{"id":8608,"date":"2021-06-22T15:50:56","date_gmt":"2021-06-22T15:50:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?p=8608"},"modified":"2021-06-22T15:50:56","modified_gmt":"2021-06-22T15:50:56","slug":"another-tanker-explosion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?p=8608","title":{"rendered":"Another Tanker Explosion"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Another Tanker Explosion<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">FRSC says a number of vehicles were destroyed in a tanker explosion at Ogere on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway on Tuesday.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">FRSC Sector Commander in Ogun, Mr Ahmed Umar, who confirmed the incident said that it occurred at about 6.20 a.m.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Umar explained that the explosion occurred in front of Romona trailer park at Ogere.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cThe fire is serious; the number of vehicles involved cannot be ascertained yet.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cOgun State Fire Service has arrived the scene, while FRSC operatives are on ground managing the traffic situation,\u2019\u2019 he said.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">It was the fifth of such tragedies involving fuel tankers in the Lagos and Ogun State axis since the beginning of the year.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">A similar fuel tanker-related fire was recorded on Jan. 7 on the Apapa-Oshodi Expressway.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">On March 21, a fuel tanker was the cause of fire on Otedola Bridge, also on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway in which many vehicles were burnt.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">On March 25, a diesel-laden tanker went up in flames at the Ikotun area of Lagos, leading to the incineration of other vehicles and shops.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Last Thursday, on June 17, fire from the kitchen of a Chinese restaurant at the Ogun State Property Investments Corporation (OPIC) Plaza in Lagos trailed a leaking gas truck which was on motion in the area, resulting in a fire snowball which engulfed many other vehicles and properties.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Twenty-five cars were destroyed in the OPIC Plaza inferno, while 13 persons, mostly workers in the restaurant, sustained burn injuries.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Source: ashenewsdaiy<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another Tanker Explosion FRSC says a number of vehicles were destroyed in a tanker explosion at Ogere on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway on Tuesday. 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