Two people have been killed and
30 cars burnt in an early morning fire outbreak in Ijegun, a community in
Igando-Ikotun local council development area of Lagos State.
The fire was said to have erupted
around 5am on Thursday after some individuals involved in oil bunkering
finished scooping fuel from a vandalised pipeline in the area.
Residents were said to have
scampered for safety after the pipelines exploded and a fire started spreading
around the area.
It was gathered that the
alleged oil thieves were putting on uniforms similar to those of the police and
army so residents could not challenge them.
According to the Lagos State
Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), the vandals had loaded a 33,000-litre
capacity truck with premium motor spirit (PMS) and were loading a second one
when security operatives intercepted them.
“It was gathered that some
vandals were engaged in bunkering activities at Fire Junction, Ijegun within
the vicinity where an NNPC pipeline was buried. The vandals had already
siphoned petrol into a 33,000litre tanker. While a second tanker of the same
capacity was being loaded, security agencies suddenly intercepted the vandals,”
Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu (pictured),
LASEMA boss, said.
“While trying to escape from the
security agencies, some of the siphoned fuel spilt into the drainage and the
vandals were alleged to have set the spilt fuel on fire in a bid to deter the
security agencies from apprehending them. The fire then spread back to the
pipeline, the point where the vandals had siphoned the fuel and exploded with escalating
fire which led to 2 fatalities and over 30 vehicles burnt.”
Operatives of the Lagos state
fire service, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Nigeria Police Force
and LASEMA are at the scene, trying to put out the fire.
Watch a video of the fire below
Oil pipeline explodes in Ijegun, satellite town this morning. pic.twitter.com/kcyCdJEyWY— Millionaire BusinessMan 🇨🇦 (@tboss_guy) July 4, 2019
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