Several shops were razed on Tuesday in Iyana Ipaja, Lagos, after a loaded fuel tanker crashed around the Iyana ipaje Bus Stop.

Some eyewitnesses claimed that the tanker fell from the overhead bridge, crossing the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway, while others said the tanker crashed while negotiating a turning in the area.

No one could however say if any life was lost in the inferno that followed few explosion of the tanker.

Fire and emergency agencies are trying to put out the huge inferno while traffic in the area has become chaotic.