JUST IN: Many vehicles razed as fuel tanker guts fire on Lagos-Ibadan expressway (PHOTOS)

A fuel-laden tanker has exploded at Kara end of Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.

It was learnt that the tanker caught fire around 1am on Saturday.

According to report, about 30 vehicles were burnt in the accident early Saturday morning.

The incident happened just after the Long Bridge where there is both a car park and car sales stand.

Eyewitnesses confirmed that many vehicles were razed in the inferno.

Motorists on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway are locked in a gridlock following the tanker accident.

Officials of the Federal Road Safety Corps were sighted on the ground trying to evacuate the totally burnt tanker blocking the road.

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