Another fire situation is currently
being averted. Few minutes ago, a tanker carrying about 33,000 liters Premium
Motor Spirit (PMS) tumbled. The tanker however, did not fall completely as the
head was still intact but the tail was partially dismembered. It fell at 3:30 pm
where business was still bustling on the airport road – airport road is a
street in Kirikiri town.
The incident happened on airport road
close to SOT filling station. The tanker was reported to have left the depot
after loading its desired product and was making its exit, due to the blockage
of the Kirikiri town family way - the road which has been under drainage
construction for over a month - airport road was then used as the alternative route
to connect the link bridge. The road is too narrow for trailers to make a
direct turn therefore; it takes about 3 minutes for a trailer to make a turn into
airport road.
After taking rigorous measures to make
the first turn at the first junction of airport road the second one was however
a disastrous one as the truck’s rear tyre entered into a gutter by the side of
the road which resulted in its fall.
People shouted for joy because the phone
repair shop that the truck fell on did currently not inhabit anyone as the
owner did not show up today. Maybe he knew? Other shops that were on that line
were fully up and running at the time of the incident. They all fled
immediately they saw the truck jittering from left to right.
With immediate effect, all roads
leading in and out of the accident site was closed using a caution tape. The men
of the Lagos Stare Fire Service took about 15 minutes to arrive, before they
did, fire service department of the depots were present with about 3 water
tanks including their staffs. Immediately, the state’s fire service arrived, they
sprayed the tank to calm it down or perhaps to make the fuel diluted so as not
to provoke the fire in it. It is however being contained.
The men of the Police, Navy, and
Federal Road Safety Service (FRSC) secured the barricade ensuring that the ever
available onlookers did not in any way near the site. Preventive measures have
been taken to ensure further damage, although, the PMS still leaks from the
tank. SOT filling station has shut down operations temporarily.
No life has been lost so far, not even
the trailer driver was hurt, only some properties have been destroyed. Sympathy
goes out to the owners of the product which the tanker was carrying.We hope
this would be the only situation.
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