17 Escape Unhurt, One Badly Burned as CNG Bus Catches Fire at Berger

Seventeen people escaped unhurt and one passenger suffered severe burns after a commercial bus powered by compressed natural gas caught fire at Berger Bus Stop on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Wednesday, 11 November.

The bus was carrying 18 people, including the driver, from the Mowe-Ibafo area towards Lagos when the fire broke out on the Lagos-bound carriageway.

The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority said its officers evacuated 17 occupants, including the driver. The passenger who was injured had been sitting at the back of the bus.

Emergency responders took the injured man to the Lagos State Trauma and Emergency Centre at Toll Gate for treatment.

The Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service put out the fire while officers from the Ojodu Police Division kept order at the scene, News About Nigeria reports.

After the incident, LASTMA General Manager Olalekan Bakare-Oki urged commercial operators using CNG vehicles to have their gas storage and delivery systems regularly inspected by qualified personnel.