CITIZENS COMPASS – SOME policemen attached to an Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC), in Epe, Lagos on Monday, escaped a fire disaster.
The FIRE which started from a fallen tanker at about 8.40 a.m. spread rapidly and affected the APC but the personnel attached to it including the driver were able to escape the fire incident at
at T-junction, Oko Osho, Epe, Lagos State.
The APC was said to be used for security patrol of the environment.
The Director, Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, Margaret Adeseye confirmed the incident in a statement titled, ” Lagos State Fire Agency Doused Tanker Inferno”
‘ ‘The Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service has attended to a Fire incident caused by a fallen tanker.
‘ ‘The accident which was reported at 08:40 hours on Monday saw Epe Fire Stations l and ll of the Agency mitigating the resultant Fire accident. The accident involved a tanker fully laden with 33,000 litres Petroleum while spilling its content on it way from Lagos towards Itokin Road.
” The ensuing fiire also affected a stationed Police Armoured Tank used for security patrol of the environment and nearby bush due to volatility spread of the products.
” However the accident did not record any casualty as the driver and assistant(s) were not in sight and apparently had escaped unhurt as well as the Policemen
