{"id":134556,"date":"2023-12-23T22:12:23","date_gmt":"2023-12-23T22:12:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/12\/23\/goods-destroy-as-gas-explosion-destroys-seven-shops-in-lagos-market-photos\/"},"modified":"2023-12-23T22:12:23","modified_gmt":"2023-12-23T22:12:23","slug":"goods-destroy-as-gas-explosion-destroys-seven-shops-in-lagos-market-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/12\/23\/goods-destroy-as-gas-explosion-destroys-seven-shops-in-lagos-market-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"Goods Destroy As Gas Explosion Destroys Seven Shops In Lagos Market (Photos)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Several goods were destroyed on Saturday following a gas explosion that occurred at a market at Council Bus-Stop in the Idimu area of Lagos State.<\/p>\n<p>It was gathered that seven lock-up shops were engulfed in the inferno.<\/p>\n<p>However, some vehicles parked in a mechanic workshop close to the shops were also destroyed by the fire.<\/p>\n<p>According to an eyewitness and a trader in the market, Shadia Kareem, the incident happened at about 2.15 pm when a raging fire gutted some shops.<\/p>\n<p>Shadia said: \u201cThe market was full of shoppers when suddenly we heard a loud blast and within a twinkle of a ball of fire and thick black smoke took over the cloud.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:\u00a018-Year-Old To Be Arraigned For Making Hoax Call To Lagos Fire Service<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cInitially, we didn\u2019t know what happened, we thought it was a bomb that detonated but later realised it was gas explosion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe first responders to the emergency were able to rescue people around and prevent the fire from spreading before the firefighters later arrived\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement released by the Director, Lagos State Fire and Rescue Services, Margaret Adeseye, disclosed that emergency call was received around 2pm, adding that the fire which resulted from leakage of a gas cylinder in use at one of the shops led to the explosion that spread to several other shops.<\/p>\n<p>Adeseye said: \u201cThe incident was triggered by a gas cylinder leakage and subsequent explosion within one of the shops.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe explosion rapidly spreading to neighboring shops numbering seven, necessitating an immediate emergency response\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPreliminary investigations point to negligence during the refilling of a gas cylinder as the probable cause of the incident.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFortunately, there are no reported casualties.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>See photos here:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/fire1.jpeg\" alt=\"fire1\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/gas-explosion.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-7\" style=\"margin: 8px auto; text-align: center; display: block; clear: both;\">\n<div data-advadstrackid=\"890536\" data-advadstrackbid=\"1\" class=\"infor-target\" id=\"infor-2082814271\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/300x250b.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Several goods were destroyed on Saturday following a gas explosion that occurred at a market at Council Bus-Stop in the Idimu area of Lagos State. 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