Lagos—a
strange explosion occurred yesterday inside a beer parlour that is yet to
open along L and K road in Oworonsoki area of Lagos.
The explosion occurred around 2.00 pm leaving five people
injured including a young girl.
The
injured, according to HReporter sources,
were rushed to a nearby hospital for treatment.
The actual source of the explosion has not been officially
confirmed as at the time of this report.
It was however learnt that the explosion affected a building
next to the beer parlour, but the building is said to pose no danger to the
people.
Officials of fire service and policemen were still trying to
find out the cause of the explosion as the shop was locked at the time of the
incident.
But a crowd, which surged to the scene were said to be impeded
the work of the service men and the police.
An official of the National Emergency management Agency had to
appeal to the people to leave the area to allow his men to do their job.
Those injured were residents of the building and a motorcyclist
who was passing at the time of the incident.
Affected was a five-month old baby girl, her mother, Mrs Joy
Angolo, their relation, Mr Monsuru Angolo, a motorcyclist Kamoru Bashir and one
other resident, whose name could not be ascertained.
As soon as the incident occurred, the area was thrown into
confusion with the residents thinking the dreaded Islamic sect, Boko Haram had
struck and many of them reportedly took to their heels but the development was
later confirmed to be that domestic explosion possibly from a refrigerator.
According to an eye witness, the incident occurred due to
excessive heat build-up in the refrigerator ignited by fumes from petroleum
products stored in the relaxation centre.
The baby was said to be unconscious due to excessive bleeding
while his mother and their relation sustained head injuries.
In his
reaction, to HReporter’s enquiry, Lagos State Commissioner of
Police, Fatai Owoseni, said there was no explosion rather it was a gas cylinder
that busted.
According to him; “We should not create fear in the minds of
people. It was a gas cylinder that busted resulting in a fire
incident. The small fire did not even consume the whole house where it
happened.
‘’The place is densely populated so, a huge crowd rushed out
when they saw smoke from the fire. There is heavy presence of policemen
there now and they are making frantic efforts to control the crowd.’’
A resident of Oworonsoki said more casualties would have been
recorded should the incident have occurred on a week day.
In a
telephone conversation, the Director Lagos State Fire Service Razak Fadipe and
South-West Information Officer, Ibrahim Farinloye confirmed the development to Vanguard, saying
only five persons were injured during the incident.
. Fadipe said his men received the alert of a collapsed building
and rushed to the scene only to discover that an explosion occurred in a
lock-up shop which was under lock and key.
Fadipe however
One of the eyewitnesses, Mr. Akin Oluwafemi, a resident of the
area narrated thus, “I was standing some few metres away from the point of the
blast. I just came back from the church service when suddenly, I heard a loud
noise, immediately, I knew it was a blast.
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