Hundreds of Deeper Life Bible
Church worshippers have escaped death when the LAGBUS conveying them from camp
to Lagos burst into flames.
The chattered LAGUS, conveying
worshippers coming from the National Deeper Life Retreat on Sunday, caught fire
on Otedola Bridge, Berger area of Lagos, Southwest Nigeria.
The bus took off from the
Deeper Life Conference Centre, DLCC, Km 42, Lagos-Ibadan Expressway after the
end of the four-day retreat.
On Otedola bridge, the bus
carrying at least a 100 worshippers was said to have burst into flames as
people scamper to safety before the inferno could consume them.
Officials of the Lagos State
Fire Services and the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA arrived
the scene on time to rescue worshippers before the LAGBUS was burnt in the
inferno.
Any eye witness, who craved
anonymity, told PM News that the bus was filled to capacity with worshippers
when it caught fire, but that no life was lost.
He said the bus might have
caught fire as a result of over heating.
According to him, several
worshippers abandoned their loads as escaped to avoid being burnt in the
inferno, saying that there was frantic scampering for safety by the passengers.
The source added that
officials of the fire servicemen arrived on time to assist in evacuating the
passengers from the burning bus.
He said when worshippers
suspected that a fire was about to be ignited, the asked the driver to stop and
that when he did, they found every available means of escape before the fire
fully engulfed the bus.
Worshippers were said to have
gathered at one side of the road singing praises to God for saving them from
being burnt to death after they just left an inspiring retreat where Pastor
Williams Kumuyi of the Deeper Christian Life Ministry prayed for the for God’s
blessings and that they would not die untimely.
Director, Lagos State Fire
Service, Rasak Fadipe said his men arrived the scene on time and were able to
rescue worshippers and confirmed that life was lost.
A LASEMA official who craved
anonymity also confirmed that no life was lost but that the bus burnt
complexly.
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