Gas explosion razes 15 shops in Kaduna

Gas explosion razes 15 shops in Kaduna

Saturday, June 30, 2018 9:25 pm


File: Fire outbreak

A gas explosion on Saturday evening burnt down 14 shops and a pharmacy with one person injured.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the incident occurred at about 5:40 pm on Ibrahim Taiwo Road by Abeokuta street in  Kaduna.
Residents mobilised to put out the  fire before it spread further in the densely populated area.
Most of the shops affected by the gas explosion  contained kitchen equipment, gas cylinders and refiling facilities.
The residents chased away fire service personnel from the Kaduna State University who arrived over an hour after the fire started.
One of the shop owners, Mr Ifeanyi Eze said the fire started as a  result of electrical surge which  led to heavy explosion in one of shops selling gas cylinders.
An  eye witness, Mr Samuel Emma said immediately after the explosion, fire emerged from the shop, adding that the owner was slightly burnt and was rushed to hospital.
“We don’t know his situation now, but
from there, the fire extended to the rest of the shops and only a few items were salvaged.
“We thank God no life was lost.  We called the fire service but for close to two hours  we didn’t see them until one fire service vehicle from Kaduna State University came and was chased away by angry neighbors,”he said.
A resident, Hamza  Ado said: “we called the fire fighters but they didn’t come and when we called again we were told that they had no water in their vehicles.
” It was the youth that fetched water from all available sources to control the blaze.”

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