Two persons have been confirmed dead and over 30 vehicles
burnt in the pipeline explosion that rocked the Ijegun community in Lagos state
in the early hours of today July 4th.
Confirming the number of casualties, the Chief Executive
Officer of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Femi
Oke-Osanyetolu, said suspected vandals destroyed one of the NNPC pipelines in
the surburb and were siphoning Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) into a 33,000 litre
capacity tanker when they were intercepted by security operatives.
“While trying to escape from the security agencies, some of
the siphoned fuel spilled into the drainage and the vandals were alleged to
have set the spilled fuel on fire in a bid to deter the security agencies from
apprehending them.
The fire then spread back to the pipeline, the point where
the vandals had siphoned the fuel and exploded with escalating fire which led
to two fatalities and over 30 vehicles burnt. The actual loss will be
determined upon conducting post disaster enumeration after the fire has been
put out. Responders at the scene include Lagos State Fire Service, Police and
Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC).” he said
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