New reports have emerged that death toll from Thursday, June 28 tanker explosion in Lagos has risen to 12. This was disclosed by the state commissioner for Health, Dr Jide Idris on Tuesday, July 2, at a press briefing.....
Channels TV reports that Idris said 10 bodies were recovered from the scene of the incident (as opposed to the nine initially reported) the tenth being an infant. He said the seven survivors later died in the hospita while others are responding to treatment.
It was previously reported that no fewer than nine persons were burnt beyond recognition with 54 vehicles torched in a fuel tanker explosion at Otedola Bridge, near the old toll gate, Alausa, Lagos.
The spokesman, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Kehinde Adebayo, confirmed the incident, stressing that four persons sustained various degrees of injury.
One Adewale Adesanya, a survivor of the Otedola Bridge fire which occurred on Thursday, June 28, has disclosed how he escaped from the terrible incident.
He said he never envisaged that the fuel tanker which caused the fire would experience any brake failure.
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