{
  "id": 15626593,
  "title": "BREAKING: Tanker catches fire under Otedola Bridge",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/breaking-tanker-catches-fire-under-otedola-bridge-15626593",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-19T16:55:17.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Punch Nigeria",
    "slug": "punch-nigeria",
    "url": "https://punchng.com/breaking-tanker-catches-fire-under-otedola-bridge/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency has confirmed that a tanker caught fire under the Otedola Bridge along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.\n\nAccording to Punch, the agency received distress information regarding the incident at approximately 4:24 pm on Monday. Olawale Afolabi, the spokesperson for the agency, stated that a Tiger team was dispatched to the scene after receiving the report.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Punch",
        "title": "BREAKING: Tanker catches fire under Otedola Bridge",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/breaking-tanker-catches-fire-under-otedola-bridge",
        "published": "2026-10-19T16:06:32.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Daily Post Nigeria",
        "title": "Tanker catches fire under Otedola Bridge, Lagos",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/tanker-catches-fire-under-otedola-bridge-lagos",
        "published": "2026-10-19T17:40:22.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Premium Times",
        "title": "Two casualties as tanker catches fire under Otedola Bridge in Lagos",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/two-casualties-as-tanker-catches-fire-under-otedola-bridge-in-lagos",
        "published": "2026-10-19T20:55:04.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Rio Times",
        "title": "Lagos Otedola Bridge Tanker Fire Injures Two",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/lagos-otedola-bridge-tanker-fire-injures-two",
        "published": "2026-10-19T21:11:29.000Z"
      }
    ]
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}