Four members of one family and twelve others have been killed in an explosion in Lagos, Nigeria.
Nigeria’s National Emergency Management Agency has confirmed the death of the 16 people with their corpses recovered by fire fighters.
Sunday’s explosion at Abule Ado, Trade Fair axis of Lagos State also resulted in at least 60 people sustaining various degrees of injuries.
Head of the emergency management team in Lagos, Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, told the News Agency of Nigeria that “a couple and their two sons were caught by the explosion on their way to church around about 9 a.m. on Sunday”.
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He also revealed that over 50 buildings, including a school (Bethlehem Girls College) and a popular hotel, were damaged in the explosion.
Farinloye also said “The fire was eventually extinguished about 3.30 p.m. through the combined efforts of officials of the Lagos State Fire Service, Federal Fire Service, and Nigerian Navy Fire Tender.
The resulting fire later spread to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation oil pipeline passing through the area even though the pipeline had been shut down as a precautionary measure.”
Nigeria often records these kinds of explosions that have deadly impact on residents, many of them are caused by gas pipelines or tankers.
But officials said this incident was not caused by a gas pipeline.
Farinloye said “From the information given by officials of the Lagos State Fire Service who are currently on the ground, the implosion is not connected to pipeline but might have occurred in a factory located in the Abule Ado area.
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Source: Africafeeds.com
