Nine burnt to death in Osun tanker explosion

Less than 24 hours after eight people were killed in a building collapse incident in Lagos, about nine lives were lost on Monday in a tanker explosion on the Ilesha-Akure Expressway, Osun State, also in the South-West.

About seven vehicles, including an 18-passenger commercial bus were reportedly burnt in the accident.

Spokesperson for the Osun Police Command, Yemisi Opalola, said the accident happened around 11am.

It was also learnt that the driver of a truck carrying diesel had lost control of the vehicle and collided with another truck, making it to spill its content on the road fire and this caught fire.

Opalola said that the personnel of the Federal Fire Service drafted to the accident scene had extinguished the fire.

The Public Relations Officer of the Federal Fire Service in Osun, Adija Basiri, said nine lives were lost in the accident.

She said, “Our men responded to a distress call this morning after a collision between two trucks at Ilesa-Akure Expressway in Erin Ijesha, Osun State resulting in a fire outbreak.

“Nine casualties were recorded with one receiving treatment in the hospital. The fire affected nine vehicles.”