4 injured as fire gutted filing station in Badagry

Four persons on Wednesday sustained various injuries as fire gutted Fat Noble filing station, an independent marketing oil firm along Old Road, opposite Torikoh, Badagry, Lagos.

It was reported that attendants were dispensing petrol inside jerry cans and sacks around 1.00.a.m at the back of the station when the explosion occurred.

According to a source, those who sustained injury were quickly rushed to General Hospital in Badagry before the arrival of fire service men.

“They are selling fuel which are to be smuggled out of the country immediately when there was a sudden explosion.

“The fire destroyed some part of the station before the arrival of the men of the Lagos Fire Service.

“Those who suffered fatal injury were taken to the hospital, while those with minor injuries were treated within,” the source said.

Meanwhile, Mr Isaac Dossa, the Station Head, Badagry Fire Service, Lagos said they received an emergency call at 1:15.a.m about the incident and they proceeded to the scene immediately.

“We got to the scene of the fire incident around 1:25.a.m and the fire was put off around 3:55.a.m same day.

“They have taken most of the victims of the fire incident to general hospital before our arrival,” Dossa said.

Our correspondent who visited the emergency unit of the hospital saw four men with various injuries laying down in pain at the unit.

Some of their relatives gathered at the entry of the hospital wanting to see them.

Dr Olatunde Bakare, the Medical Director of the hospital said the victims were brought to the hospital around 1:30a.m.

He said that the doctor and nurses on duty attended to them promptly.

According to Bakake, they are currently receiving treatment at the emergency unit of the hospital.