Three persons were Tuesday feared killed following a tanker explosion at the Ikorodu area of Lagos State.
The incident which occurred near the General Hospital, Ikorodu around 6:30am, was said to have razed two vehicles and a 40 foot stationary cold room.
It was learnt that Forte Oil tanker went in flames after it lost control while trying to climb the steep hill on Beach Road and exploded.
The Nation gathered that the victims of the inferno including three male adults were burnt beyond recognition, while another who sustained serious injuries was rushed to the general hospital.
The deceased were identified as the tanker driver, a shoe cobbler and a motorcyclist, just as the inferno also destroyed frozen foods in the cold store.
However, the state fire service put the dead toll at one, stating that another male adult sustained burns.
The agency’s director, Rasaq Fadipe who said firemen from Ikorodu were deployed to contain the situation, urged motorists to abide by road safety guidelines and install functional fire fighting gadgets.
He also disclosed that the agency intervened in a fire outbreak at the Naval Dockyard, Victoria Island, which gutted the administrative block, which is a wooden decking consisting of about 20 offices, with about 13 razed.
According to him, it took firemen from both the navy and state agency about two hours to contain the situation to avoid its spreading to other areas.
Fadipe also stated that investigation into the cause of the fire was ongoing.
