28/07/20
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DANIELS G. O
PRESS RELEASE
An explosion rocked a building at number 13C , Cappa street in Palm groove area of Lagos on Monday Killed a 30 year old man identified as Usman Bello, and left 3 others with different degrees of injury.
The incident was said to have occurred when a gas cylinder used in filling an outdoor AC split unit of a storey building got exploded resulting in gas leakage from the cylinder.
Those injured according to the Lagos state emergency management agency have all been taken to a nearby hospital.
LASEMA officials, the Police and Lagos fire service were at the scene of incident. All the occupants have been evacuated and the scene cordoned off to prevent any secondary incident as there are visible cracks on the walls and pillars.