{"id":82676,"date":"2026-02-11T16:51:55","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T16:51:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=82676"},"modified":"2026-02-11T16:51:55","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T16:51:55","slug":"driver-female-passenger-burnt-to-death-as-bus-catches-fire-in-lagos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2026\/02\/11\/driver-female-passenger-burnt-to-death-as-bus-catches-fire-in-lagos\/","title":{"rendered":"Driver, Female Passenger Burnt to Death as Bus Catches Fire in Lagos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Huldah Shado<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A commercial bus driver and a female passenger were burnt beyond recognition on Tuesday, February 10, after a minibus conveying nine people burst into flames along the Okota-Mile 2 road in Lagos State.<\/p>\n<p>The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA), said the crash was triggered when an unidentified private vehicle allegedly reversed on the main carriageway, forcing the bus to brake suddenly.<\/p>\n<p>The driver reportedly lost control, causing the vehicle to overturn several times before catching fire.<\/p>\n<p>LASTMA spokesperson, Adebayo Taofiq, said investigations showed the driver was conveying a five-litre container of petrol inside the bus, which ignited after the crash and intensified the fire.<\/p>\n<p>He said LASTMA officials on routine surveillance rescued eight passengers and evacuated them to a nearby hospital for treatment.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities have launched an investigation and are working to identify the private vehicle linked to the incident.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Huldah Shado A commercial bus driver and a female passenger were burnt beyond recognition on Tuesday, February 10, after a minibus conveying nine people burst into flames along the Okota-Mile 2 road in Lagos State. The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA), said the crash was triggered when an unidentified private vehicle allegedly reversed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":82677,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-82676","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82676","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82676"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82676\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":82678,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82676\/revisions\/82678"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82677"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}