The Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service
has confirmed that a shop attendant was hospitalised following a gas explosion
that occurred on Adeleye Street in the Sari Iganmu area of Lagos.
A statement on Tuesday by the LSFRS
Deputy Controller General, Ogabi Olajide, revealed that the incident occurred
at about 1 pm on Tuesday while the attendant was refilling a gas cylinder.
According to Olajide, the agency, upon
receiving the distress report, mobilised to the scene and confirmed that the
attendant sustained injuries.
Olajide stated, “The Lagos State Fire
and Rescue Service received a distress call to Adeleye Street, by Doyin,
Orile-Iganmu, Lagos at 12:23 hours, and arrived at the scene at 12:34 hours.
Fire crews from Sari Iganmu and Ajegunle Fire Stations were promptly deployed
to manage the situation.
“The incident was caused by a gas
explosion, which occurred while an attendant was refilling a gas cylinder in
one of the two shops in the frontage of a demolished building on a half plot of
land.
“The attendant sustained injuries and
was reportedly taken to an undisclosed hospital, while the resulting fire also
affected the other shop.”
Olajide noted that while no death was
recorded in the incident, the agency has commenced an investigation into the
cause of the explosion.
“No fatalities were reported as of the
time of this report. Investigation into the cause of the fire is ongoing,”
Olajide concluded.
“The incident was caused by a gas explosion, which occurred while an attendant was refilling a gas cylinder in one of the two shops in the frontage of a demolished building on a half plot of land.
“The attendant sustained injuries and was reportedly taken to an undisclosed hospital, while the resulting fire also affected the other shop.”
Olajide noted that while no death was recorded in the incident, the agency has commenced an investigation into the cause of the explosion.
“No fatalities were reported as of the time of this report. Investigation into the cause of the fire is ongoing,” Olajide concluded.
PUNCH Metro reported on April 5 that the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency attributed two separate fire incidents in the state to electrical surges.
The Head, Public Affairs of LASEMA, Afolabi Olawale, had confirmed that one of the incident occurred at FESTAC Town Phase 2, where a single-storey building was engulfed in flames after a conduit wire sparked on the ground floor.
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