A filling station belonging to Mobil Oil Nigeria Plc, located at Obafemi Awolowo road, in Ikeja, Lagos, was earlier today gutted by fire, razing a gas tanker, 8 vehicles at the filling station and affected part of a nearby two-storey building.
Confirming the incident, Margaret Adeseye, director of Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, said the fire incident started when a gas tanker exploded while discharging contents to the storage tanks.
However, Nosa Okunbor, head, public affairs unit, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), said the fire outbreak occurred while gas was being dispensed to customers.
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He said the fire has been extinguished and all safety precautions have been implemented to secure “the two LPG gas cylinder trucks, (weighing 12 and 8 tons respectively), from any further incidents”.
