No fewer than 20 vehicles and four commercial motorcycles were burnt in an inferno when a Fuel tanker laden with petroleum product spills its contents near Festac Link Bridge linking Apple Junction to Festac Town.
An Eye witnesses Olufemi Popoola said that the tanker laden with petroleum product lost control near the bridge and fell, spilling the content which went up in flames.
The impact of the fall separated the tank from the body, resulting in an explosion, according to Popoola.
He said that some residents and passers-by attacked the fire with buckets of water to no avail.
Fire fighters were said to have arrived the scene about 30 minutes later but did not have enough water to put off the fire.
Popoola, who lives in FESTAC, said that the fire from the tanker spilled over to nearby vehicles , forcing their occupants to run, abandoning them.
“The fire then spilled into a car shop on the foot of the bridge, burning some of the cars, while the attendants quickly drove out some.
“Furniture items, bags and boxes displayed for sale on the foot of the bridge all burnt,’’ he told NAN.
The fire caused gridlock on the bridge and in the adjoining roads.
A crowd of affected persons and sympathisers gathered at the scene to lament the situation.
One of the owners of the burnt motorcycles, Akuko Okoli, said that he narrowly escaped death.
It was not clear at the time of the report if any life was lost in the accident.
