FIFTEEN (15) persons, including adults and children, Sunday sustained varying degrees of burn injuries in a fire involving a 25kg gas cylinder in a mini shop at 12, Amosu Street, Ijora Badia, Lagos.
Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, in a statement signed by its Director, Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, Margaret Adeseye, said it was a “fire involving a 25kg of gas cylinder in a mini shop consisting of five numbers of same within a bungalow building consisting of 15 room self contains and 7 shops.”
She said the fire was caused by a “gas leakage from mishandling of products attracting a nearby flame before resulting in the explosion.”
She said: “15 persons both adults and children, male and female suffering varying degrees of burn injuries. A number of the victims have been administered first aid along with others who have been taken to the hospital.
“It is however pertinent to state that none of the cases are life threatening.” She said the fire was extinguished and remains of the gas cylinders were evacuated and danger was completely averted.
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