A commercial bus and another private car caught fire on the Third Mainland Bridge in the early hours of Wednesday.

It was gathered that the driver of the bus tried to get his passengers to a safe place but unknown to him there was an abandoned vehicle which was parked where he thought would be safe for his passengers to alight.

Unfortunately, both cars caught fire but thankfully no life was lost.

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Officials of the Rapid Response Squad shared photos of the incident and said emergency responders were on ground to restore the free flow of traffic.

RRS wrote,

“Fire outbreak on Third mainland bridge involving two vehicles.

“Emergency responders are currently on ground to restore free flow of traffic. No life lost. @TunjiDisu1.”

See photos:

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