Tanker truck fire in Lagos

Pedestrians run from the scene of a fire ravaging four fuel tankers on <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="PLGEO100100602011464" title="Lagos (Nigeria)" href="/topic/intl/nigeria/lagos-%28nigeria%29-PLGEO100100602011464.topic">Lagos</a>' Ibadan highway on May 11, 2011. Two people lost their lives following a collision between two tankers loaded with fuel that exploded spreading the fire to two additional tankers driving along on Lagos-Ibadan highway, a gateway leading to other parts of the country. The accident cut off traffic around Lagos.

( PIUS UTOMI EKPEI, AFP/GETTY IMAGES / May 11, 2011 )

Pedestrians run from the scene of a fire ravaging four fuel tankers on Lagos' Ibadan highway on May 11, 2011. Two people lost their lives following a collision between two tankers loaded with fuel that exploded spreading the fire to two additional tankers driving along on Lagos-Ibadan highway, a gateway leading to other parts of the country. The accident cut off traffic around Lagos.

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