A gas explosion occurred in Ajegunle, Olodi Apapa area of Lagos State on Tuesday evening which saw ten people injured.
Lagos State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Gbenga Omotosho in a statement said a “routine offloading of gas cylinders into a shop has sparked an explosion in Ajegunle, Olodi Apapa, Lagos.”
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He said the explosion caused a fire, which also affected a total number of three shops and four tricycles.
According to the commissioner, ten people who got injured in the incident, have been hospitalized.
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He added that emergency workers were at the scene to put out the fire and rescue the injured.
