Chinedu Eze
A car engulfed by fire at the open park,
less than 200 meters to the international terminal of the Murtala
Muhammed Airport (MMA), Lagos sparked panic among travellers and airport
users, Saturday evening.
The fear of a burning car, unattended
with thick, black smoke billowing into air, forced motorists to scamper
for safety and caused heavy gridlock on the Oshodi-Airport Road
vehicular traffic.
Eye witness account said the car
suddenly went up in flames and continued to burn for several minutes
without fire fighters in sight.
Other people who parked their vehicles
at the car park were alerted and the scrambled to move their vehicles,
thus exacerbating the panic and chaos.
The eye witness said after the car had
burnt to its carcass, frantic effort was made by the airport authorities
to put out the fire.
“There has been a severe gridlock into
and out of the airport at the moment as the traffic appears to be
extending to Oshodi at the moment. When the incident happened, there
were no fire fighters to quickly put off the fire. As I am speaking to
you, efforts are being made to bring in fire fighters; but they are yet
to arrive,” an intending traveller told newsmen.
The open car park is located opposite
the Catholic Church and the Mosque, few meters to the multi-story car
park, near the new international terminal of the Lagos airport.
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