A gas explosion in Agege has left four adults – three females and a male – with varying degrees of injury.
The incident occurred on Monday at the Ijaiye area of Agege in Lagos, southwest Nigeria.
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According to the state emergency management agency, LASEMA, the explosion started inside a shop where gas cylinders were stored. The shop was believed to have caught fire.
No life was lost but the four victims sustained second-degree burns and have been taken to the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, according to the LASEMA Director-General, Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyitolu.
In November 2021, five persons including a 10-year-old boy lost their lives while many others were injured in a gas explosion that occurred at Papa Ajao, Mushin, Lagos.
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