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•As fire razes market,millions of property
By Christopher Oji
It was a black Sunday in Lagos as gas explosion injured seven family members at 1, Odubanwo Street, Off Olaniyi Street, Gbinrinmi in Ojokoro Local Council Development Area(LCDA) of the State.
Also ,on the same day, fire outbreak at a multi purpose sawmill market located at Awori bus stop, behind GTBank, Abule Egba, Lagos,destroyed property worth several millions of money.
In the incident of the gas explosion, a four years old girl, Faridat Shittu, was injured and she is presently in a critical condition at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), after the cooking gas explosion ravaged the residence of her parents .
It was gathered that three other adults; her grandparents,along with her uncle are also undergoing burn care with various degrees of injuries in the incident that occurred .
It was gathered that the grandmother to the little girl was frying meat when suddenly the oil caught flame; efforts to control it failed as it was beyond their capacity which led to an explosion of the cooking gas.
According to Southwest coordinator,National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) Mr. Ibrahim Farinloye, the grandmother of the child, who is under severe pains spoke to the NEMA team in her hospital bed ,saying that she was frying meat when suddenly the oil caught flame and efforts to control it were beyond their capacity which led to an explosion of the cooking gas.
“The little girl, Faridat Shittu, 4,was sleeping in the room when the incident happened yesterday at about 2pm,but she and other victims were rescued by members of the community.
“The whole building of 14 rooms including shops went down in rubles due to the intensity of the explosion, thereby rendering 11 families homeless.
“The landlord of the victims, Pa Femi Odubanwo Solomon, disclosed that neighbours saved him from dying in the incident as he was initially trapped and he is presently squatting in a church opposite his destroyed house.
“In another incident on the same day, about 100 plank and building materials shops, 18 recycling of iron/steel shops, 19 Diesel lister generators,
34 different types of motorcycle machines,
Five- 14 seaters buses, three cars and two trucks were affected in a massive market fire at a multiple purpose sawmill market
“The fire which started at about 7:25 pm lasted for hours before it was put out completely.No one sustained injury and no casualty was recorded”.
As at the time of filing this report , 215 pm, the Chairman of Ojokoro LCDA, and his medical team were at the scene rendering various assistance to the victims of the two incidents that happened in his area.
