A tanker has exploded at the Lagos Quadrapont Bridge, popularly known as Iganmu Bridge.

The Lagos State Traffic Management Agency (LASTMA) tweeted this late Thursday.

“A tanker has gone up in flames just before Iganmu bridge from Sifax. LASTMA has already alerted the @LagosRescue. Our officers at the scene are doing their best to handle the situation,” LASTMA tweeted on X.

The Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service also confirmed the development and wrote on X:

“Fire Alert!…in a related development, a tanker Fire is being combatted at the Lagos Quadrapont Bridge, by National Arts Theater, Iganmu as Sari Iganmu and Ilupeju Fire Crews combine efforts to tame the raging fire”.

Fire Alert!

…in a related development, a tanker Fire is being combatted at the Lagos Quadrapont Bridge, by National Arts Theater, Iganmu as Sari Iganmu and Ilupeju Fire Crews combine efforts to tame the raging Fire.

Update to follows. pic.twitter.com/2a95u6DkiD

— Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service (@LagosRescue) October 12, 2023

Thelagostimes gathered that operatives of the agency are on the ground to combat the raging inferno.

Details later…