CNG car explosion in Edo.

By Jethro Ibileke 

Three persons have sustained varying degrees of injury, following an explosion at a CNG refilling station in Benin, Edo State.

The incident at the NIPCO filling station, Aduwawa, located along Benin-Auchi Road, was captured in a 25-second viral video.

Background voices could be heard blaming the explosion on fake and substandard materials used for the conversion.

The driver of the Audi vehicle was said to have driven the vehicle to the station on a test mission, in the company of the technician who installed the CNG tank.

It however exploded in the process of filling CGN into the newly installed gas tank.

Those injured, including a station cleaner, pump attendant and one other, were said to have been rushed to an undisclosed hospital for treatment.

It was gathered that the technician who installed the tank reported himself to the police and led a team of officers to the scene of the incident.