Nine dead in Lagos oil tanker crash

Nigerian officials say nine people are dead after an oil-carrying tanker truck crashed and burst into flames on a bridge in Lagos.

The Lagos state emergency management agency said in a statement that one of the dead was a child. Another four people were injured in the accident Thursday evening, and 54 vehicles were burned.

Local television footage showed emergency responders walking among the charred-white vehicles, some of them still burning inside.

Lagos is Africa’s largest city, with a population of more than 21 million people.