No fewer than 4 individuals have been reported to have sustained numerous levels of accidents as hearth gutted Fats Noble filling station, an impartial advertising oil agency alongside Outdated Highway, reverse Torikoh, Badagry, Lagos State on Wednesday.
The Information Company of Nigeria stories that the attendants have been dishing out petrol inside jerry cans and sacks round 1 a.m. in the back of the station when the explosion occurred.
Based on a supply, those that sustained accidents have been rapidly rushed to the Basic Hospital in Badagry earlier than the arrival of fireplace service males.
“They’re promoting gas which is to be smuggled in a foreign country. Instantly, there was a sudden explosion.
“The hearth destroyed some a part of the station earlier than the arrival of the lads of the Lagos Fireplace Service.
“Those that suffered severe accidents have been taken to the hospital whereas these with minor accidents have been handled inside,” the supply stated.
In the meantime, the Station Head, Badagry Fireplace Service, Mr. Isaac Dossa, stated they acquired an emergency name at 1.15 a.m. concerning the incident they usually proceeded to the scene instantly.
“We acquired to the scene of the fireplace incident round 1.25 a.m. and the fireplace was postpone round 3.55 a.m. the identical day
“They’ve taken many of the victims of the fireplace incident to the final hospital earlier than our arrival,” Dossa stated.
NAN correspondent who visited the emergency unit of the hospital noticed 4 males with numerous accidents laying down in ache on the unit.
A few of their kinfolk gathered on the entry of the hospital eager to see them.
The Medical Director of the hospital, Dr Olatunde Bakare, stated the victims have been dropped at the hospital round 1:30 a.m.
He stated that the physician and nurses on obligation attended to them promptly.
Bakake famous that the injured are at present receiving remedy on the emergency unit of the hospital.
NAN