Panic gripped motorists on Tuesday afternoon following a fire outbreak involving a Bus Speedy Transit, BRT, car on the Third Mainland Bridge, resulting in huge visitors disruption.
The incident occurred round 1:00 p.m. close to the Adekunle part of the bridge, heading in direction of Iyana Oworo.
The Lagos State Site visitors Administration Authority, LASTMA, confirmed the event in a press release posted on its official X deal with.
In line with the company, the high-capacity BRT bus instantly went up in flames, prompting anxiousness amongst highway customers within the space.
Footage shared on-line confirmed the bus utterly consumed by fire, with thick plumes of smoke rising into the sky as motorists slowed down or sought various routes to keep away from the scene.
Whereas no accidents or lack of life had been reported, the incident triggered a heavy visitors buildup extending from Adekunle in direction of Iyana Oworo.
“A high-capacity bus is at present on fire on the Third Mainland Bridge by Adekunle, inward Iyana Oworo, and that is impacting visitors circulation,” LASTMA acknowledged.
“Our personnel are on floor managing visitors, whereas efforts are ongoing to extinguish the fire,” the company added.
Subsequent updates indicated that officers of the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service arrived on the scene and labored to manage the blaze to forestall additional harm.
Site visitors officers had been additionally deployed to redirect autos away from the affected space as emergency responders tackled the state of affairs.
As of the time this report was filed, the reason for the fire had but to be decided.
