Breaking: Truck Laden With Sacks on Fire on Third Mainland Bridge
- A truck has caught fire at the tail end of the Third Mainland Bridge according to eye witness accounts
- This situation caused massive gridlock as motorists were trying to avoid the heavy smoke and heat
- No fire service support was sighted at the scene of the incident as at press time, legit.ng reporter noted
An articulated truck heavily laden with sacks is currently on fire at the tail end of the Third Mainland Bridge.
Video of the incident sighted by Legit.ng shows a large portion of the bus already up in flames necessitating coming vehicles to keep to the inward lanes as much as possible due to the heavy smoke and heat it is generating.
Source: UGC
The fire has led to the build up of traffic at the tail end of bridge just before the Oworonshoki end which links up to the Apapa-Oshodi Expressway and the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway
Although the immediate cause of the fire outbreak could not be immediately ascertained as at the time of filing this report, it appears an electrical spark must have ignited contents of the sacks and cause the inferno.
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No fire service support was sighted at the scene if the incidence as at press time
About The Third Mainland Bridge
The third Mainland Bridge is one of the most important connectors of Lagos Island end of the state to the Mainland.
The 11.8km bridge is reported to be the longest of the three bridges connecting Lagos Island and Mainland.
The bridge starts from Oworoshoki and terminates at the Adeniji Adele Interchange on Lagos Island.
It was adjudged as the longest bridge in Africa up untill 1996 when the October 6 Bridge in Cairo came into use.
Next Cash and Carry: We'll give our support - FG promises organisation
Meanwhile, Legit.ng reported that the ministry of humanitarian affairs, disaster management and social development has expressed sympathy and pain over the destruction of the massive shopping complex in Abuja known as Next Cash and Carry.
Sadiya Umar Farouq, the minister, and her team on Wednesday, December 29, paid a visit to the site of the inferno to ascertain the extent of damage done.
Regretting the woeful incident, Farouq described it as "a very unfortunate incident...catastrophic and a loss not just to the management of this company but to the government and the country at large."
Source: Legit.ng
