Following the gas explosion that occurred in Ikeja, the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service (LSFRS) had disclosed that three male adult bodies had been recovered and 13 victims has been rescued. It stated that the rescued victims were suffering varying degrees of burns from the gas explosion, and had been taken to LASUTH and Gbagada Burns and Trauma Centre, where they are responding to treatment. The Director, LSFRS, Mrs. Adeseye Margaret made the disclosure at the scene, saying, A distress call was received from Opic Plaza, 28/30 Mobokaji Bank Anthony Way, Ikeja that a Gas Truck heading towards Ikeja reportedly exploded from a leakage which travelled through atmospheric conditions to meet an ignition point on the ground floor of the OPIC Plaza which houses a restaurant among other outlets resulting to Fire Outbreak. She said that three fire engines and crew were detailed about the situation and they did there job. Adeseye explained that on arrival at the scene, the firefighters had discovered that not less than 25 vehicles of various brands including the gas truck and the rear section of the plaza building was damaged by the inferno. She said that investigations had begun to access the whole situation.
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