He also said LASTMA personnel evacuated the accident vehicles from the main carriageway to avoid another accident.
The director-general of NEMA, Zubaida Umar, described the event as a defining step in strengthening Nigeria’s disaster management architecture.
A six-storey commercial building on Broad Street, Lagos Island, Afriland Towers, caught fire on September 16.
Dr Oke-Osanyintolu said the agency responded to the distress call to its command and control centre within 10 minutes.
Mr Adebayo confirmed the accident was due to a brake failure from one of the BRT buses.
Peoples Gazette had earlier reported that the fire accident occurred Sunday afternoon at Iyana Oworo, inwards Third Mainland Bridge.
A man was killed in a road accident involving two vehicles at Alapere in Lagos on Saturday morning.
Two people have been confirmed dead following a multiple crash involving four vehicles in Lagos.
