Residents Scoop Petrol As Fuel Tanker Overturns On Lagos Bridge

A petrol-laden tanker has overturned on the Tincan Liverpool Bridge, in the Apapa area of Lagos, with hordes of residents and passersby scooping petrol from beneath the bridge.

Eyewitnesses say the tanker tipped over in the early hours of Monday during rush hour, with road traffic management personnel yet to arrive at the scene at the time of reporting.

A Channels Television footage shows locals grabbing jerrycans and containers of all shapes and sizes as they joined in on the act.

This is not the first time residents would be scooping fuel from a petrol-laden tanker — with sometimes fatal consequences to boot.

In October 2024, over 100 people were confirmed dead after a petrol-laden tanker exploded at the Kano-Hadejia expressway in Jigawa state.

Most of the victims were trying to scoop petrol from the tanker after it tipped over.

In October 2025, a petrol tanker exploded in the Essa community, along the Agaie-Bida road in the Katcha LGA of Niger state, claiming the lives of many residents.

Locals had arrived on the scene to fetch petrol after the tanker tumbled.