Lagos State Emergency Management Authority, LASEMA, has confirmed the destruction of properties worth millions of naira after a gas explosion in one of the shops at Council Bus Stop, along Egbeda-Ikotun Road, Alimosho Local Government Area, of Lagos State.
In a joint statement by the permanent secretary, LASEMA, Femi Oke-Osanyintolu and director, Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, Magaret Adeseye, the fire was put out by a combination of Ejigbo and Isolo Fire Stations, LASEMA, and the Nigerian Police Force from Ikotun Division.
Although both agencies confirmed there was no casualties, Adeseye, attributed the cause of the inferno to negligence in refilling of gas cylinder by the dealer.
Accounts by eyewitnesses stated that the inferno resulted from the leakage of a gas cylinder in use at one of the shops, which later spread to several other shops.
