Four people have reportedly been
killed while several sustained injuries in another gas explosion in Lagos.
A leaking gas cylinder at an
artisan’s shop in Ajara, Badagry, was responsible for the incident which
happened an hour after an explosion occurred at Second Coming gas station
(pictured) in the Magodo area of the state.
Two people died and eight
sustained various degrees of injury in that incident.
NAN said its reporter saw three
corpses on the floor when it visited the scene of the Badagry incident.
Six buildings located near the
workshop and six gas cylinders were destroyed by the explosion which occurred
at about 9:50am.
Officials of the Federal Fire
Service, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), police and other security agencies
were on ground to control the situation.
Tunde Adeboye, an official of the
fire service, said the fire was put out quickly, and that helped in reducing
the damage.
A senior police officer at the
scene, who pleaded anonymity, said four persons died in the explosion.
Segun Adebunmi, a witness, said
the explosion was caused by a leaking gas cylinder at the artisan’s shop.
“It’s a testimony that I’m alive
as I escaped the scene by a whisker,’’ he said.
Tope Alabi, another witness, said that the explosion destroyed cars that
were parked on the street.
“I heard a loud bang and the
glasses of cars were shattering and the next thing I saw was human parts
littered all over the place,” he said.
“The security agencies responded
promptly; so the situation was contained; so it didn’t escalate.”
A senior official at the General
Hospital, Badagry, also confirmed that four dead bodies had been deposited at
the mortuary.
The official also said that
several people were in critical conditions, with severe burns.
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