Another pipeline explosion has blasted at Abule-Ado area around Festac town in Amuwo Odofin government area of Lagos State.The explosion which started at about 8am this morning caused several homes and Christians who had gone to church within the area striving for safety.of life and properties.
The massive blast has reportedly rocked neighborhood sparking a huge explosion that has destroyed nearby buildings including a faculty. A lot of smoke are seen polluting the environment, some eye witness at the scene says properties has been lost as a result of the explosion.
According to an eyewitness, who told us a tipper offloading sand caught fire, which escalate to a close-by pipeline, triggering the blast.The director-general of LASEMA Dr Femi Osanyintolu confirmed that the pipeline had earlier been vandalized by unknown persons.
Many nearby houses are destroyed by the blaze while the explosion damaged buildings round the area and its environs. The Lagos State Fire Service says there are buildings ablaze in Ado Soba, Abule-Ado, and Amuwo-Odo.
The chairman of the government area, mister Valentine Buraimoh told us that some children are rescued from the collapsed school building as the are been rushed to the nearby hospital to for a quick medical assistance
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