The victims were identified as the driver of the tipper truck and his assistant.

Two persons were burnt to death in the early hours of Saturday after a gas tanker and a tipper truck collided at Tera Ahmed bus stop, Sangotedo, along the Lekki–Epe Expressway in Lagos.

The victims were identified as the driver of the tipper truck and his assistant.

The inferno also destroyed three warehouses and 10 roadside shops, including a gym and a generator house.

Controller General of the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, Margaret Adeseye, said the incident was reported around 2:36 a.m., leading to the deployment of firefighters from the Lekki Phase II, Oniru and Epe II fire stations.

According to her, the 20-tonne tipper truck was speeding from the Epe axis when it rammed into a stationary 30-tonne gas tanker that had failed to move off the highway.

She said the impact sparked a fire which spread to nearby properties.

Adeseye said firefighters were, however, able to contain the blaze before it reached a nearby petrol station and a fully loaded 33,000-litre PMS tanker.

She said, “After the blaze was doused, three Sienna buses, one Toyota Corolla and a forklift parked within the affected properties were recovered, while the tipper driver and his assistant, both adult males, were recovered burnt beyond recognition. The gas truck driver escaped unhurt.”

She added that efforts were ongoing to remove the remains of both trucks from the road, while normalcy had returned to the area.

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