gas explosion in a wielding workshop in
FESTAC Town, Lagos State on Monday killed a
yet-to-be identified man.
The incident which happened at about 3pm
saw two other persons sustaining varied
degrees of injuries.
It was gathered that Fire fighters from Ojo fire
station on arrival at the scene discovered the
dead body of the yet-to-be identified man on
the floor, while the workshop was deserted.
While confirming the incident, Rasak Fadipe,
the Director of the Lagos State Fire Service,
observed that the deceased should be around
35-years-old, adding that the cause of his
death could be as a result of the heat
generated from the activities in the workshop.
“The incident happened around 3.35pm. They
do welding jobs in the workshop. The heat
generated from the activities might have
caused the explosion.
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“We met a corpse on the ground, which
policemen from the FESTAC division later
came for. Our men from the Ojo fire station
responded with 10,000 litres of water,” Fadipe
disclosed.