Two yet-to-be-identified persons have been confirmed dead in a gas explosion that rocked Ajao Estate, Tuesday at a cooking gas refilling station along the Murtala Muhammed International Airport Road in Lagos.
Confirming the incident, the Director General, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, said the fire had been extinguished, adding that two bodies were recovered from the scene of the incident.
He said: “The agency received distress calls and upon arrival at the incident scene, it was discovered that there was an explosion at Afariogun Street, Ajao Estate.
“Investigations revealed that the explosion originated from a shop occupied by a gas refilling business. A total of nine shops were affected by the inferno.
