In Lagos where at least seven passengers have been burnt to death as a 14-seater  commercial bus caught fire in the Iyana Oworo area of the state.

The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) confirmed the incident in a statement on Sunday.

LASEMA permanent secretary, Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, attributed the cause of the accident to reckless driving.

The seven victims, six adults and a child.

He said the driver escaped with some burns while three female adults were rescued and rushed to Gbagada General Hospital. A male adult was also attended to by LASAMBUS at the scene.”

However, the remains had been bagged by the agency’s paramedics and handed over to the State Environmental Health Monitoring Unit (SEHMU).