Authorities say five persons have been confirmed dead in the Abule-Egba pipeline fire explosion that occurred within the late hours of Sunday.
Giving an update on the sad development, the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) said three adult males, one adult female, and one female child died in the incident.
LASEMA via its official Twitter handle added that twenty (20) people were treated for minor injuries and discharged at the scene.
The Agency further noted that about eleven buildings were also affected by the inferno.
According to LASEMA, seventeen shops, thirty-three trucks, three cars, and three tricycles were also affected by the fire.
Corroborating LASEMA’s statement, the Group Managing Director of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mr. Mele Kyari, said it is unfortunate that five lives were lost to the inferno.
Mr Kyari who visited the scene of the explosion on Monday also revealed that many are in critical condition in the hospitals.
Kyari noted that the explosion was as a result of the “unpatriotic acts of vandals” who make “insertions into the pipelines to steal products, leading to disasters such as this.”
He, therefore, called for the “support of every member of the community to expose the bad eggs in their midst.”