Lagos State Fire Service said one person was injured when an explosion was recorded at an independent filling station in Badagry on Monday night.

Abel Husu, the station head of the fire service unit in Badagry, who confirmed the incident on Tuesday, said firefighters got wind of the Yemoral oil and gas filling fire along Ajara at about 8:55 p.m. on Monday.

Mr Husu added that they got to the filling station about ten minutes later and commenced efforts to put out the fire.

“By our findings, we were told that the driver of the car had already bought petrol into his car. When he started the engine, it exploded, but there were no casualties before and after the incident,” he stated. “The officials of the fire brigade were able to put off the fire at about 12:55 a.m.”

However, one of the filling station attendants claimed that a phone ignited the fire when a motorist picked up a call while buying petrol into a container.

“This resulted in the complete burning down of the station building, a Toyota Camry car and the generator house of the station. One of the neighbours, who was assisting to pack glasses and another from the station sustained injury due to sharp cuts from the office glasses,” he explained. “He was rushed to Harmony Hospital along Itoga road, Badagry, where he received treatment on the cut, which wasn’t as a result of the fire.” 

(NAN)