A tanker suspected to be carrying aviation fuel burst into flames while in motion at the domestic wing of the Murtala Muhammed Airport in Lagos State. The tanker, which belonged to a petroleum company, Heizol, was reportedly conveying diesel from Apapa to an unascertained location in Ogba, when it suddenly burst into flames in front of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) headquarters.

The fire was immediately put out before it spread by a combined team of the tanker driver, officials from the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, passers-by and Lagos State Traffic Management Agency officials.

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