Passengers in a BRT bus escaped death on Saturday morning when the vehicle caught fire in the Maryland area of Lagos state.
An eyewitness said the vehicle departed from Ikorodu en
route to the CMS area of the state when the sad incident occurred.
The driver and conductor of the BRT bus reportedly fled the
scene.
Emergency responders, including officers of the Nigeria
Police Force, the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA), fire
services, and local security personnel, arrived at the scene to contain the
fire.
According to a passenger, the fire started as smoke from the
driver’s side, and the passengers initially thought the smoke had emanated from
other buses.
“However, the slight smoke soon worsened, immediately
sending us into panic mode,” she said.
“As soon as we saw that the smoke grew bigger, we rushed off
the bus before the fire started.”
She said some of the passengers sustained injuries.
“The driver and the conductor ran away. They didn’t even
wait to see what would happen to us,” she said.
“Definitely, they knew what happened. They knew the bus was
bad before putting it on the road and risking our lives.
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