A petrol-laden tanker has exploded at Ajegunle Bus-Stop, around Alagbado, on the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway, in the early hours of Friday.
The explosion jolted residents from their sleep, burning houses and shops.
The incident occured at about 3 ‘o clock in the morning.
Several houses, among other property, were said to have been burnt in the inferno, as men of the state fire service and the police were deployed in the area.
Emergency officials, including firefighters from the Lagos State Fire Service, are said to be at at the scene battling to put out the fire as of press time Friday morning.
