A taxi cab driven by a middle aged man, on Friday, May 6, 2016, went up in flames along Oba Akran Bridge, in Ikeja, Lagos.
Although the taxi driver escaped unhurt, the taxi burnt out around 3pm before the arrival of men of the fire service who eventually put out the fire.
Daily Trust reports that the incident occurred when the ever busy road was less busy at the time of the incident.
It was learnt that the driver of the yellow taxi escaped by providence as he did not know that smoke was coming out from the vehicle until another driver called his attention.
Eyewitness account revealed that immediately he was informed, he parked the vehicle and rushed out to open trunk of the car where he kept some jerry cans containing petroleum.
An eyewitness told a journalist, “He immediately came down to open the trunk of the vehicle which contained some jerry cans of petrol. He was able to take out the jerry cans. But I am not sure whether the fire was caused by the petrol or not.”
As at the time of filing this report, the charred remains of the car was being cleared by officials of the State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA).
Another eyewitness said many other vehicles would have caught fire if the incident had happened in the morning when the bridge is always filled up with vehicles.
