Pascal Arogorn Ibe
An early morning explosion has rocked Best Roof Cooking Gas in the Baruwa community of the Alimosho Local Government Area of Lagos State .
It was gathered that the incident occurred around 05:45am on Thursday.
Four persons lost their lives while many were injured in the explosion around Unity Bus -Stop on Candos Road, Baruwa.
The explosion also affected houses , a primary school and other properties in the area .
First responders including men of the Lagos Fire Service and the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency have been drafted to the area .
Confirming the incident , LASEMA Director- General , Dr Olufemi Oke -Osanyintolu , in a statement , said , “ On arrival at the scene of the incident, it was observed that there was a gas explosion at the aforementioned location .
“ Further investigation at the scene revealed that the gas station belonging to Best Roof Cooking Gas exploded by burning buildings around . The cause of the explosion could not be ascertained at the moment .
“ Unfortunately , four mortalities were recorded and several others injured .
“ A combined effort of the Agency ’ s Tiger team, Dolphin team, LRU Fire, LASG Fire Service, NPF , NUPENG , and LNSC are on ground to curtail the spread of the fire to other buildings . ”
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