What could have been a noteworthy catastrophe was on Saturday, December 24th, turned away by the joined endeavors of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) and the Lagos State Fire Service when a tanker completely stacked with 33,000 liters of PMS fell on the Anthony Bridge Inward Gbagada.
As indicated by an observer record, the episode which happened at about midnight on Saturday was as an aftereffect of two trucks attempting to surpass each other impacted, leaving the fuel tanker fallen on its side while the other one hurried away.
General Manager of LASEMA, Mr. Adesina Tiamiyu who affirmed the occurrence, said that at in regards to 12:15am, a call came at the office's call focus to caution about the mischance.
"We found that the fuel in the tanker was spilling intensely from the three compartments and men of the Lagos State Fire Service were on ground to cover the fuel with chemicals and froth to decrease the level of burnable ability to detonate. We followed the way of the spilling fuel into the compound of Greensprings Schools in Anthony and consequently likewise gone through the underground drains purging this into the Obanikoro trench.
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"The Fire Services pumped enormous chemicals in its way to diffuse the forces of the fuel and LASEMA and other Emergency Response Team went into the area to empty individuals and soliciting everyone to prevent all structures from cooking and took them to security," he said.
The LASEMA GM said it took us more than eight hours to bring the circumstance under control. Tiamiyu said the State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode at around 3am, went to the scene to see things for himself and offered guidelines to LASEMA, who composed the save endeavors to guarantee the circumstance is taken care of industriously and painstakingly to guarantee no fire occurrence is recorded.
He said LASEMA got its substantial obligation types of gear from the recently authorized Lagos Response Unit (LRU) in Cappa Oshodi including The Crane "Charlie" and other bolster hardware to at long last lift up the truck from its fallen position and it was towed to security by another Heavy obligation tow truck known as "Super Metro".
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He said after the recuperation of the truck off the scene, the Fire Service poured froth and chemicals making progress toward wash off the fuel inside the driving region, flushed the drains from inside the Greensprings Schools and at around 7.50am,the street, on both sides were open for nothing vehicular development.
"We could accomplish this deed on the grounds that LASEMA has the gear and the limit including a group of different Responders like the Fire Service, Rapid Response Squad, Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) and the Lagos State Ambulance Service (LASAMBUS) who all coordinated to guarantee a hitch free operation," he said.
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