7 PASSENGERS BURNT TO DEATH AS A COMMERCIAL BUS CAUGHT FIRE IN IYANA OWORO AREA OF LAGOS STATE.

This unfortunate report where at  least seven passengers got burnt to death as a commercial bus caught fire in the Iyana Oworo area of Lagos State.

 The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency confirmed the incident in a statement on Sunday.

Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, LASEMA permanent secretary, attributed the cause of the accident to reckless driving.

 He disclosed further, that the driver escaped with some burns, three female adults were rescued and  rushed to Gbagada General Hospital while a male adult was attended to by LASAMBUS at the scene.

 Unfortunately, Seven victims  that is, four females, two male adults and one male child in the bus were burnt to death.

All the remains have been bagged by the Agency’s LRT Paramedics, LASAMBUS official and handed over to the appropriate authorities.