Several dead as gas explosion rocks Ajuwon area of Lagos

Several people were reported dead and many injured in a gas explosion that occurred at Iju Ajuwon  area of Ifako Local Government area of Lagos State on Thursday evening.

The Lagos State Emergency Agency (LASEMA) said many vehicles, an event centre and a plank market were also destroyed in the explosion

According to an eye witness account, the incident happened around 3:15pm from a gas plant in the area not far from a filling station.

As at the time of filling this report, the actual casualty figure cannot be ascertained, but the eye witness said that he saw three dead persons brought out of the scene. . Many vehicles, motorcycles, tricycles were burnt in the inferno.

We further gathered that  two Police patrol vans were the first to arrive the scene with the compliments of some operatives of Lagos State Transport Management Authority (LASTMA), trying to control the situation of things before the Lagos State Fire Service personnel arrived almost an hour late to put off the inferno.