Lagosians blame govt as gas explosion kills six, destroys 41 buildings

learnt that among the dead were a landlady, a woman and her two sons, and a security guard.

When our correspondent visited the area, the atmosphere was still suffused with gas, as some burning buildings smouldered.Our correspondent learnt that a 30-metric-tonne LPG tanker was discharging gas into the underground tank around 4am when the pipe leaked.A worker at the plant, Ibikunle Israel, said a tanker had earlier discharged without any incident.“We don’t know whether the driver and the motor boy tried to do it themselves. But that was how the gas pipe leaked,” he added.

A mother of two, Mrs Aina Harriet, said she sustained injuries while scaling the tall fence of her house with her children. He said, “This is purely a residential and not an industrial area. In industrial areas, there are materials prepared for such. But we had to wait for about three hours before the fire service got here.

Obey, whose church’s ceiling was pulled down by the impact of the explosion, wondered why the government would seal off the place of worship after the incident. The Director-General, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, Femi Oke-Osanyintolu, said the fire was extinguished around 8.20am.

Gas explosion is becoming too much in Lagos, with many lives lost. Govt should prepare a bill to forestall future occurences.

Everything is wrong with Lagos

My neighbour's wife says it's 25 people that were killed 😨😨😨

People are planting bomb in Lagos they said its gas explosion

May God save his people

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