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Though the victims were rescued by emergency responders, some witnesses claimed that the chances of their survival were slim as a result of the injuries sustained in the fire. 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The post 2 rescued from tanker inferno, 4 injured in Otedola Bridge crashes appeared first on The Sun Nigeria .","published":"2026-10-20T02:38:22Z","seen":"2026-10-20T03:12:01Z","lang":"en","country":"NG","source":{"id":"kite-thesun-ng-c19ed1","name":"thesun.ng","domain":"thesun.ng"},"via":"kite-thesun-ng-c19ed1","topics":["around the city"],"authors":["Chris Oji"],"mentions":2,"story":"st_3l5tobygvlmfamf4vfna","category":"disaster-accident","category_p":0.9100000262260437,"sentiment":"negative","tone":-0.5699999928474426,"political":0.07000000029802322},{"id":"n_ac3uo2d7tftxltqtng4q","seq":2361370,"kind":"article","title":"Two casualties as tanker catches fire under Otedola Bridge in Lagos","url":"https://thisday.com.ng/two-casualties-as-tanker-catches-fire-under-otedola-bridge-in-lagos","summary":"LASTMA announced the incident in a post on X at about 5:10 p.m., saying firefighters were battling the blaze while emergency responders attended to the victims. Two casualties were recorded on Monday after a diesel-laden tanker reportedly fell from Otedola Bridge and caught fire underneath it, inward Berger, Lagos State. 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