A fire incident involving a commercial bus on Third Mainland bridge in Lagos, destroyed some textiles materials worth millions of Naira on June 15, Monday.
One person was rescued from the fire which occurred at about 4p.m. while the textile materials burnt to ashes, Vanguard reports.
Bus catches fire on third mainland bridge
According to report, the bus, a Volkswagen LT model, marked AGL 914 XE, was heading for Lagos Island when it suddenly caught fire on the Oko-Baba axis of the bridge.
The driver, who was alone in the bus, was blamed for being careless as he did not have a fire extinguisher at the time of the incident.
Motorists plying that route were said to have alerted the state fire service, after they had tried endlessly to fight the fire which raged for about an hour.
The unconscious driver was later rushed to a nearby hospital for medical attention.
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