Fire Burns Down Church, Shops And Properties Worth Millions As Tanker Explodes In Lagos

Fire razed several shops and part of a church
building after a tanker containing Premium

Motor Spirit, PMS, exploded yesterday, at Total
depot Dockyard, Apapa Road, area of Lagos.
The incident was said to have started at 5:00am
and raged till 10:00am before a team of fire
fighters from Oando,Total and fire service
arrived at the scene to put it off.
An eyewitness who preferred anonymity said,
“the incident began at about 5am, when illegal
oil-bunkers were transferring PMS from kegs to
the tanker. While transferring fuel from kegs to
the tanker, one of the kegs was said to have
fallen and caught fire which engulfed the
tanker. Fortunately, the other tanker close by
was empty it would have been more serious.
Immediately the fire started, the culprits all ran
away.
The eyewitness added that residents of the area
had made several complaints to the police on
the activities of these illegal bunkerers but
nothing was done until the incident happened.
An official of Total depot who refused to disclose
his identity said, “Well we have tried our best to
put off the fire so it will not affect other
property and total dockyard which of course
would have caused a greater damage.