An undisclosed number of persons were feared dead Tuesday night after a gas explosion in Ajao Estate, a residential area situated less than five kilometres from the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos.
The actual number of fatalities could not be ascertained as of the time of this report. Cars, shops and nearby buildings were also affected by the explosion.
An eyewitness told our correspondents at the scene of the incident that the explosion was caused by cooking gas.
The accident happened after the 62-year-old owner of the cooking gas shop and her 32-year-old daughter were called back on their way home to attend to a “regular customer” who came to fill a cooking gas cylinder.
The shop owner was able to fill the gas without incident, but trouble began when the customer wanted to load the already-filled cylinder onto a waiting tricycle.
An eyewitness said the cylinder fell off and exploded. That initial explosion set off a series of others, killing the shop owner, her daughter and other persons yet to be identified.
November 21, 2024
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