There was tension yesterday along the Murtala Muhammed International Airport Road, Ikeja, Lagos yesterday when fire gutted four tankers, leaving a driver and his assistant severely burnt.
Although, as the time of filling this report, nobody could ascertain the cause of the inferno which threw the entire area into confusion, Sunday Telegraph learnt that the inferno might not have been unconnected with illegal bunkering activities in the park.
It was learnt that the entire vicinity would have gone up in flames as a result of the presence of another truck laden with 33,000 litres of fuel was not hurriedly moved out of the park.
The State Director of Fire Service, Mr Rasaq Fadipe said that the agency was not privy to the cause of the fire but added that the tankers had burnt before the arrival of the fire service men.
He added that the agency was able to salvage the content of the fourth tanker which was hurriedly driven out of the park to avoid also being caught in the inferno.
Although, as the time of filling this report, nobody could ascertain the cause of the inferno which threw the entire area into confusion, Sunday Telegraph learnt that the inferno might not have been unconnected with illegal bunkering activities in the park.
It was learnt that the entire vicinity would have gone up in flames as a result of the presence of another truck laden with 33,000 litres of fuel was not hurriedly moved out of the park.
The State Director of Fire Service, Mr Rasaq Fadipe said that the agency was not privy to the cause of the fire but added that the tankers had burnt before the arrival of the fire service men.
He added that the agency was able to salvage the content of the fourth tanker which was hurriedly driven out of the park to avoid also being caught in the inferno.
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