Metro
Pregnant woman, husband die in Abule Ado-Lagos explosion
Victims of the painful Lagos gas explosions are now being named.
Among them are a young couple, whom Twitter user Victor, mourned on the microblogging platform, saying:
” The number of people who died in the Explosion this morning will look like statistics until you have a friend or family member in the number , I’m so pained tonight !!! Nigeria would test your strength , RIP Chisom and RIP to your husband too “
Another Twitter user, Counteur Josh said Chison was pregnant as of the time of death.
The inferno was reportedly after a truck hit gas cylinders around The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation’s (NNPC) pipeline right of way.
According to reports, the fire started around 8am on Sunday.
The National Emergency Management Authority (NEMA) put the death toll at 15 as of Sunday evening, a family of 4 and 11 others.
There are reports on social media that a beautiful couple met their untimely death in the explosion.
Many houses were destroyed while vehicles got damaged in the explosion which reverberated across Nigeria’s most populous city.
Residents and witnesses counter their losses. At the headquarters of the Lagos Province 3 of the Redeemed Church of God (RCCG) located on 24 Road, Festac town, the explosion which occurred more than a kilometre away from the church premises, shattered glass windows, injuring worshippers.
A parish of the First Baptist Church near the RCCG parish also lost a part of its roof. The roof of a parish of the Living Faith Church (Winners Chapel) located at 7th avenue, Festac, was also blown off in addition to that of the Ark Parish of the RCCG at first avenue.
The Odic Plaza, a motor parts mall and warehouse, Bush Bar Hotel, Green Horse Plaza which houses tyres, Arch Angel Catholic Church, Chino Plaza with many goods in it, and a mechanic village, all located inside the Trade Fair Complex, Ojo, were all hit by the explosion.
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