Two individuals have sustained extreme burn accidents after a diesel-laden tanker plunged from Otedola Bridge in Lagos and caught hearth beneath the bridge.
A press release by the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, stated its emergency response crew, working with different emergency administration businesses, rescued the victims from the scene and ensured their evacuation for pressing medical therapy.
The incident occurred when the tanker fell from the bridge, triggering a hearth that engulfed the underpass and left the 2 victims with intensive burns.
According to LASTMA, its emergency response crew rapidly mobilised to the scene and rescued the victims from the hazard zone, the place they required speedy medical consideration.
The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency’s Rescue Unit, LRU, subsequently evacuated the injured victims to the Lagos State Accident and Emergency Centre at Toll-Gate, the place they have been admitted for therapy.
“The terrifying conflagration left two victims with intensive and extreme burn accidents, necessitating their speedy extrication from the hazard zone and pressing medical intervention,” the assertion stated.
Meanwhile, operatives of the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service have been deployed to battle the hearth, include the flames and forestall the incident from spreading additional.
The firefighting operation was additionally aimed toward stopping extra casualties and doable harm to surrounding infrastructure.
Other businesses concerned in the rescue and emergency response included the LRU, the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, the Lagos State Neighbourhood Safety Agency, additionally identified as Neighbourhood Watch, and law enforcement officials from the Alausa Police Division.
LASTMA stated the joint response demonstrated the significance of cooperation amongst emergency and safety businesses in dealing with harmful incidents.
It famous that immediate mobilisation and coordinated motion have been important to stopping an already critical state of affairs from changing into extra catastrophic.
The General Manager of LASTMA, Olalekan Bakare-Oki, recommended the responding businesses for his or her promptness, professionalism and dedication to obligation.
He praised the emergency responders for his or her mixed efforts, which helped rescue and evacuate the 2 injured victims whereas supporting the continued operation to include the hearth.
Bakare-Oki additionally expressed his needs for the swift and full restoration of the victims, stressing the significance of speedy emergency response, cooperation amongst establishments and dedication to saving lives throughout sudden highway incidents.
LASTMA reaffirmed its dedication to imposing visitors laws, bettering visitors administration, responding promptly to incidents and coordinating emergency operations throughout Lagos State.
The company additionally urged motorists, notably operators of industrial quality and articulated autos, to hold out common mechanical inspections, comply strictly with prescribed security requirements and undertake accountable driving practices to scale back preventable highway crashes.
