A tanker believed to be carrying about 3,000 litres of diesel has crashed and burst into flames at the Ladipo end of the Oshodi-Apapa expressway in Lagos State, South-West Nigeria.

An eye witness said the tanker driver was driving at a very high speed when he lost control and veered off the road, adding that the vehicle hit a culvert and burst into flames on impact.

Fire trucks of the Lagos Fire Service reportedly arrived early on the scene, but exhausted their supply of water without putting out the fire. It took the arrival of a second fire truck to extinguish the flames.