Three people were confirmed dead in a blaze after a fuel tanker exploded on Ibrahim Babangida Boulevard, the Ogun state Capital in the early hours of today.
In a statement from an eyewitness,”the fuel tanker fell and emptied it’s content after a brake failure”.
A number of people suffered varying degrees of injuries and have been taken to the hospital, the state’s Commissioner for Special Duties, Femi Ogunbanwo said.
“Incidents like this nature will always happen and we are always on top of it in the procurement of equipment and even fire tenders,” he said.
The state fire service, men of the civil defence, and other security operatives have since put the situation under control.
