Ogun: 2 Burnt To Death, 3 Injured, 12 Vehicles Burnt In Tanker Explosion

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Two persons were burnt to death, three injured while 12 vehicles were also affected in an early Thursday morning tanker explosion at Ilo Awela axis, Sango Tollgate on the Lagos -Abeokuta expressway.

The Public Education Officer, Federal Road Safety Corps ( FRSC) in Ogun, Florence Okpe, confirmed the incident to newsmen in Abeokuta.

She noted that the suspected cause of the multiple crashes was a mechanical deficiency and that while the tanker was ascending, the vehicle rolled back and got hooked, the content spilled off and there was a fire outbreak.