Whereabouts of toddler, driver unknown
Mass burial for victims likely
Family members of the victims of Thursday’s tanker fire outbreak on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway yesterday besieged government hospitals in search of loved ones.
This was just as a source hinted on the possibility of mass burial for the deceased victims of the explosion, given the terrible conditions of the bodies.
It was gathered that all the bodies were burnt beyond recognition while a good number were dismembered by rescue equipment.
An official involved in the rescue operation, who said the bodies were taken to Mainland General Hospital, Yaba, told our correspondent yesterday that although the state government was yet to take a decision in respect of the burial arrangement, mass burial for deceased victims could not be ruled out.
The official said: “I really do not know, but the possibility of mass burial cannot be ruled out. People who are complaining about not seeing their loved ones, is it completely burnt bodies they want to see?
“The bodies are not recognisable. If there will be DNA, the government will decide on it and make a pronouncement.”
Our correspondent, who visited the Trauma Centre of the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) Ikeja and the General Hospital at Gbagada, Lagos, observed a lot of people making enquiries on the whereabouts of their folks.
Some of them faulted government’s claim that only nine persons died in the incident, insisting that many people, including school

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