The crash involving the tanker with registration number TUT 258 XA and the BMW car with registration number LSD 462 CZ had reportedly led to the spillage of diesel which ignited an inferno.

The incident was confirmed by Kehinde Adebayo, spokesman of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA).

Adebayo in a statement said that though the tanker which belongs to Bovas Petroleum had its content spilled, no life was lost in the inferno.

He also said that men of the agency had been deployed to the scene of the accident.