A tanker burst near the Lagos Quadrapont Bridge, also known as the Iganmu Bridge.
"A tanker has caught fire just before the Iganmu bridge from Sifax." LASTMA has already notified @LagosRescue. "Our officers on the ground are doing everything they can to manage the situation," the Lagos State Traffic Management Agency (LASTMA) tweeted late Thursday.
The Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service confirmed the news, writing on X: Fire Alert!...in a related situation, a tanker fire is being fought at the Lagos Quadrapont Bridge near the National Arts Theater, Iganmu, as Sari Iganmu and Ilupeju Fire Crews work together to extinguish the blazing fire."
However, agency personnel are on the ground fighting the roaring inferno.