Date: 7 November 2020 10:13am WAT
The Bobcat Fire breaks atop the San Gabriel Mountains, north of Monrovia on September 9, 2020, as the raging fires in the Angeles National Forest grew to 10,344 acres with no containment. - Dangerous dry winds whipped up California's record-breaking wildfires as hundreds were evacuated from blazes by helicopter and tens of thousands more were plunged into darkness by power outages. (Photo by Frederic J. BROWN / AFP)
The Bobcat Fire breaks atop the San Gabriel Mountains, north of Monrovia on September 9, 2020, as the raging fires in the Angeles National Forest grew to 10,344 acres with no containment. - Dangerous dry winds whipped up California's record-breaking wildfires as hundreds were evacuated from blazes by helicopter and tens of thousands more were plunged into darkness by power outages. (Photo by Frederic J. BROWN / AFP)
Many vehicles were consumed by fire Saturday morning along the Kara Bridge section of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.
The fire was triggered by an explosion from a petrol tanker, Channels TV reported.
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While the number of human casualties has not been ascertained, police and Federal Road Safety Corps officials have arrived at the scene to put the situation under control.
The incident led to heavy traffic on that section of the expressway on Saturday morning.
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