- The filling station, located along Old Road, opposite Torikoh, Badagry, is said to belong to an independent marketing oil firm.
A filling station named Fat Noble in Lagos state was on Wednesday rocked by explosion.
The filling station, located along Old Road, opposite Torikoh in Badagry,l is said to belong to an independent marketing oil firm.
At least four persons sustained various degrees of injuries in incident which happened in the early hours of Wednesday.
The attendants were transferring petrol inside jerry cans and sacks around 1.00 am. at the back of the station when the explosion occurred, according to NAN.
According to a source, those who sustained injury were quickly rushed to General Hospital in Badagry before the arrival of fire service men.
The source disclosed that those involved were engaging smuggling.
“They were selling fuel which was to be smuggled out of the country immediately when there was sudden explosion.
“The fire destroyed some part of the station before the arrival of the men of the Lagos Fire Service.
“Those who suffered fatal injury were taken to the hospital, while those with minor injuries were treated within,” the source said.
Speaking on the incident, Mr Isaac Dossa, the Station Head, Badagry Fire Service, Lagos said they received an emergency call at 1:15.am about the incident and they proceeded to the scene immediately.
“We got to the scene of the fire incident around 1:25.am and the fire was put off around 3:55am same day
“They have taken most of the victims of the fire incident to the general hospital before our arrival,” Dossa said.
NAN correspondent who visited the emergency unit of the hospital saw four men with various injuries writhing in pain at the unit.