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Disaster was averted in Lagos State on Saturday after a truck ladened with 27 tonnes of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) collided with an overhead truck barricade at Alaka.
The collision left the top inlet compartment of the gas truck faulty and leaking its contents, leading to a situation of emergency and traffic diversion.
However, according to a statement by Adeseye Margaret, Director of the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, the emergency situation has been averted completely.
TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) learnt that emergency responders teamed up with the State Fire and Rescue Service to avert the disaster and there is no record of casualty.
“The reported Gas Tanker with registration number KRD-281XR enroute Ibadan, Oyo State, belonging to Gasland has been successfully evacuated back to the company’s gas plant, Apapa.
“The incident which resulted after the truck laden with 27 tonnes capacity of Liquefied Petroleum Gas hit the newly installed overhead truck barricade at Alaka, left its top inlet compartment faulty and leaking its contents leading to the emergency situation that has now been completely averted.
“The road, Western Avenue has now been opened for traffic flow and succinctly reiterates that no injury nor death recorded in the successful salvage operations which is now concluded,” the statement reads.