Four people were reported to have suffered varying degrees of injury in the Wednesday fire that destroyed the Fat Noble filling station, an independent oil marketing company located along Old Road, in front of Torikoh, Badagry, Lagos State.
According to the News Agency of Nigeria, the explosion happened at around one in the morning when the attendants were filling gas tanks in sacks and jerry cans at the back of the station.
Before fire fighters arrived, individuals who had been hurt were hurried to the Badagry General Hospital, according to a source.
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“They are selling petroleum that is intended to be taken out of the nation illegally. There was an explosion right away.
Before the men from the fire arrived, a portion of the station was damaged.
According to the source, “those with minor injuries were treated within, while those with serious injuries were taken to the hospital.”
According to Mr. Isaac Dossa, the Station Head of Badagry Fire Service, they received an emergency call regarding the event at 1:15 a.m. and responded right away.
“We arrived at the fire scene at 1.25 in the morning, and the fire was extinguished at 3.55 in the same day.”
on the Lagos Road
“The majority of the fire incident victims were transported to the general hospital prior to our arrival,” Dossa stated.
When a NAN correspondent visited the hospital’s emergency room, she observed four guys who were in pain and had a variety of injuries lying down.
A few of their family members congregated at the hospital’s entrance, eager to meet them.
The casualties were taken to the hospital at roughly 1:30 a.m., according to Dr. Olatunde Bakare, the medical director.
He claimed that they received fast attention from the on-call physician and nurses.
According to Bakake, the injured are currently being treated at the hospital’s emergency room.