A Faragon bus carrying 14 passengers was burnt at 6.30a.m. when it was ascending the bridge connecting Oke Afa with Isolo, Okota and some others in Oshodi-Isolo LGA.
According to Eyewitness, four occupants of the bus were rushed to the Isolo General Hospital for treatment following severe burns from the inferno.
The witness was driving a 2005 Toyota and closely following the burnt bus.
The witness, whose car was slightly affected by smoke at the rear, told newsmen that the bus driver was among those rushed to hospital.
According to him, the bus’s exhaust pipe absorbed petrol from potholes into which petrol spilled on Monday evening when a tanker laden with fuel fell on the foot of the bridge.
He said that as the bus was ascending the bridge, the exhaust pipe scratched the bridge pavement and ignited fire.
Videos from the scene show a man, who had been burned, running from the fire with his burnt clothes sticking to his skin.
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There is no report of the number of casualties at the moment but four people are confirmed to be rushed to hospital and social media users report that at least one person died in the fire.