Tag: Gas Explosion
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15 injured, property destroyed in Lagos gas tanker explosion
No fewer than 15 persons were injured and several cars and property destroyed following a gas tanker explosion on Thursday at Balogun Bus Stop in Ifako-Ijaiye Local Government Area of Lagos State. Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, Acting Zonal Coordinator, South West Zonal Office, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) confirmed the development in Lagos. The Lagos gas…
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WARNING: Graphic photos, videos from scene of Lagos, Ogun community gas explosion
Residents of Iju, (Ajuwon road), a sloppy community tucked in Lagos and Ogun States border were alarmed on Thursday afternoon when a loud tanker explosion rocked the area. Before they could get their acts together, the explosion had affected a nearby gas station which instantly triggered an inferno affecting an adjoining plank market. Over 16…
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![BREAKING: Several injured, properties destroyed as gas explosion rocks Lagos, Ogun community [GRAPHIC PHOTOS/VIDEOS]](https://thenewsguru.ng/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Ajuwon-ii.jpg)
BREAKING: Several injured, properties destroyed as gas explosion rocks Lagos, Ogun community [GRAPHIC PHOTOS/VIDEOS]
Residents of Ajuwon, a community between Lagos and Ogun State border are currently in distress after a gas explosion rocked the area on Thursday (today) afternoon, TheNewsGuru.com, TNG can authoritatively report. According to a TNG correspondent at the scene of the explosion, the incident happened at Cele Bus Stop, along Grailand, Ajuwon. TNG correspondent also…
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PHOTOS/VIDEO: Witnesses recount how gas explosion from retail shop claim five lives
More information have emerged on how the gas explosion at a retail shop in Afari Ogun Street in Ajao Estate area of Lagos State claimed five lives and injured several others. According to audio and video clips from the scene of the accident made available to TheNewsGuru.com TNG by veteran broadcaster and founder of Kennis…
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BREAKING: Gas explosion rocks Ajao Estate, two burnt to death
Two people have died and nine shops burnt as gas explosion rocked Afariogun area of Ajao Estate, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria. Director-General, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, Dr. Femi Oke-Osanyintolu said the agency received a distress call and rushed to the scene of the event. “The agency received distress calls and upon arrival of the…
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[Update] Five dead in Kaduna gas explosion
The Kaduna Police Command has confirmed the death of five persons in the gas explosion at Sabon Tasha in Kaduna metropolis on Saturday afternoon. The Command’s Public Relations Officers, DSP Yakubu Sabo, made the confirmation in a press statement issued in Kaduna. Sabo added that four other persons sustained various degrees of injuries in the…
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Gas explosion razes shops, injure several persons in Kaduna
A gas explosion on Saturday afternoon burnt down shops injuring several persons in Kaduna. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the incident occurred at about 2:00 pm on Kachia road by Anguwn Boro in Kaduna. NAN reports that some resident seen crying at the scene said the explosion occurred at the gas refill…
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BREAKING: Gas explosion rocks Four Points Hotel in Lagos, three injured
At least three persons sustained varying injuries Wednesday afternoon after a gas cylinder exploded at the Four Point By Sheraton Hotel, Oniru in Victoria Island, Lagos. The explosion occurred at about 12:35 pm while some artisans were doing welding jobs inside the hotel premises. It was gathered that one of the cylinder hoses brought by…
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Tragic! Gas explosion triggers fire in Surulere
Residents of Bab Animashaun area of Surulere are battling to extinguish a fire that broke out after a gas explosion. TheNewsGuru reports that the fire started on Thursday after a gas explosion. An eyewitness noted that the gas explosion was heard from a house and several cars have been wrecked in the fire. According to…
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Gas explosion razes 15 shops in Kaduna
A gas explosion on Saturday evening burnt down 14 shops and a pharmacy with one person injured. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the incident occurred at about 5:40 pm on Ibrahim Taiwo Road by Abeokuta street in Kaduna. Residents mobilised to put out the fire before it spread further in the densely…