Ogun tanker explosion: How 2 died, 13 vehicles burnt
*7 Killed, others injured in Ekiti auto crash *Fire outbreak averted as excavator crushes gas pipeline in Lagos AN early morning tanker explosion, yesterday, claimed the lives of two persons, while 13 vehicles were burnt at Ogere - Remo axis of Lagos -Ibadan expressway. The fire outbreak, which occurred at the proposed new Kara market in Ogere Remo, Ogun State corridor of the expressway, resulted in traffic gridlock in the area, thereby, compelling traffic management authorities to divert vehicular movements in and outbound Lagos. It was gathered that a fully loaded 40-foot truck, which content could not be ascertained, had earlier around 4 a.m, fallen along the expressway, causing gridlock, as it narrowed the road. Confirming the incident, the Public Relations Officer of the state Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps, TRACE, Babatunde Akinbiyi, who spoke with journalists in Abeokuta, said a tanker, conveying 33,000 litres of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), also held up in the tra...