There was panic at the domestic wing of
the Murtala Muhammed Airport in Lagos on Wednesday evening as a tanker
suspected to be carrying aviation fuel burst into flames while in
motion.
It was learnt that the tanker, with
plate number MUX165XX, caught fire at Strabag Bus Stop opposite the
Terminal 2 of the airport.
Witnesses said the tanker was carrying flammable liquid suspected to be aviation fuel before it caught fire.
The fire was, however, immediately put
out by a combined team of the tanker driver, officials from the Federal
Airports Authority of Nigeria, passers-by and Lagos State Traffic
Management Agency officials.
Their prompt intervention, our correspondent gathered, halted the spread of the fire to other vehicles.
The tanker, which had the inscription,
“Heizol,” on its side, was said to be on its way out of the airport when
the incident happened.
The
incident caused traffic gridlock on the road and officials of FAAN and
LASTMA had to control vehicular movements in a bid to reduce the
congestion on the busy road.
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