Nigeria, Nov. 12 -- Seventeen people escaped unhurt after a Compressed Natural Gas-powered commercial bus caught fire at Berger Bus Stop on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Wednesday.

One passenger sustained severe burns in the incident, which occurred on the Lagos-bound section of the expressway.

The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority said the bus, with registration number EKY 798 YK, was carrying 18 people, including the driver, from the Mowe-Ibafo axis towards Lagos when it caught fire.

LASTMA's Director of Public Affairs and Enlightenment, Adebayo Taofiq, said in a statement that the agency's officials rescued 17 occupants. The injured passenger, who was seated at the rear of the bus, was taken to the Lagos State Trauma and Eme...