There was an explosion on Sunday at one of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, pipelines at Ekoro, Abule -Egba area of Lagos State.
According to reports reaching TheNEwsGuru (TNG) several properties were said to have been consumed by the raging fire.
Meanwhile, eye witness accounts revealed that the inferno was as a result of pipeline vandals who burst one of the oil pipelines in the area to siphon the product.
Public Relations Officer of the Lagos State Fire Service, Mr Amodu, who confirmed the incident, said there was no casualty at press time.
Fire in Abule-Egba right now. ???
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THERE’S A PIPELINE BURNING AT ILE EPO ALONG ABULE EGBA ??????????? pic.twitter.com/QHgpGuuXbF— London Boy Of Lagos ⚪️ (@Nigeriasceleb) January 19, 2020
The Director-General, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, Dr. Oluwafemi Osanyintolu, who also confirmed the incident said, “There is a fire incident at Oke-Odo. We are already coordinating.”
Also, the Director-General, Lagos State Fire Service, Magret Adeseye, said three fire service station had been deployed in the area to curtail the fire incident, adding that no casualty had been recorded.
“Yes, a fire incident is ongoing. Three of our stations are present at the scene of the fire incident. The fire is still on, but under control, we deployed Agege, Alausa and one other fire stations to the area. The cause of the fire incident is still under investigation, no casualty has been recorded for now.”
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