...Averts Oil Spill Fire Around Ojodu
LASEMA has recovered an oil tanker laden with 44,000 litres of Aviation fuel (Jet A1) involved in a lone accident from the Otedola Bridge inward Berger.
In this ongoing operation, the LASEMA team's preliminary investigations revealed that the fully loaded oil tanker with registration number EKY 814 XX, lost it's cargo in the lone accident due to over speeding and reckless driving on the part of the tanker driver.
The recovery team disclosed that when the incident occurred, the impact made the oil Tanker, due to the dead weight of it's 44,000 litres cargo, pull off from it's Truck head, fall on its side, and started spilling it's content from torn portions of the tanker that impacted the ground.
However, no injuries, fatalities or deaths were recorded in the oil spillage caused by the fallen oil tanker on the Otedola Bridge nor around Ojodu Berger and it's environs, due to sustained activities of the LASEMA team and the hardworking LASG Fire Service that had been available from beginning of the operation.
The very real danger of fuel ignition, explosion and fire, was fully averted due to the timely intervention, activities and collaborative efforts of LASEMA and the LASG Fire Service teams that doused the gushing flow of fuel from it's oil spilling source, averting any probable ignition during it's journey through gutters and drains to the canal.
Though the spilled fuel had been doused and blanketed, the LASEMA response team as well as that of the Lagos State Fire Service remained on ground to mitigate against any probable hazard may result from trans loading of remnant fuel or recovery of the truck head from the deep gorge where it has fallen.
Speaking on the fatal lone accident and collaboration with other First Responders, the DG/CEO LASEMA, Dr. Olufemi Oke–Osanyintolu acknowledged the hugely successful Ojodu–Otedola bridge operation that was quietly achieved with virtually no disruption of traffic around the sensitive Ojodu-Berger road, as one of many in the state.
He attributed the smooth operations to the short response time of his well trained teams whom he said were very capable and excellent team workers that coordinate and collaborate well with other emergency responders at incident scenes to quickly bring emergency situations under control with minimum casualties and stress.
Dr. Oke–Osanyintolu who emphasized that aside hardwork and well trained teams, said that this Ojodu–Otedola bridge operation has once again proven true another of his mantras on seamless success, which he says is easily achieved through collaborative efforts of *"Working Better".
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NOS∆ OKUNBOR
