..2 corpses seen at the site of the inferno

There was pandemonium at the early hours of Sunday as a fire outbreak ravaged some parts of the popular Lafenwa market in Abeokuta, Ogun State Capital, when a fully loaded PMS laden tanker fell on the railway line and spilled its contents.

Nigerian Newstrack gathered that, the fire incident occurred at about 4.45am when the driver of the tanker making his way inbound rounder from Oju-Irin, Lafenwa, suddenly lost control, spilling it’s content in the process and caught fire.

As at the time of filing this report, the fire was still spreading fast, while  motorists and passers-by were seen running helter skelter to escape being caught in the raging fire.

Traffic along the routes have been disrupted as there was a complete standstill of vehicles.

Officials of the Fire Service, the Nigerian Police, Federal Road Safety Corps(FRSC) and Ogun State Traffic Control Agency were already on ground to control the situation.

Atleast two burnt corpses of people believed to have been trapped in the inferno were seen at the site of the inferno.