Three people escaped being roasted to death while 14 others were roasted to death, yesterday, in Lagos, when a passenger fully loaded bus went up in flames on Otedola bridge, near Berger, Lagos Thursday.
The incident was said to have occurred
at about 6.30pm, when the fully loaded bus was embarking on a journey
inward Ibadan but he allegedly suffered tyre bursts, somersaulted and
landed on the passengers’ door trapping the occupants.
On noticing this, the three survivors
were said to have jumped out of the bus by breaking the windows but
the remaining could not as the bus went up in flames few minutes
after landing.
An eye witness who pleaded anonymity
said the bus was carrying fuel as at the time of the incident.
Also, it could not be ascertained if
the bus driver survived it but it was gathered that 14 persons were
roasted to death in the accident.
The incident was said to have caused
gridlock that lasted for hours in Berger and its environs as the axis
was shut from road users between 6.30pm and 8pm.
Director Lagos State Fire Service Razak
Fadipe confirmed the incident.
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