By Olasunkanmi Akoni
Tragedy occurred in the early hours of Wednesday, December 19, 2018, in the heavily populated Abule Egba, area of Lagos State when a spillage from a fuel tanker that was siphoning petrol from a vandalized pipeline
suddenly burst into inferno, razing several houses and vehicles in the process.
Fortunately, there was no life loss, according to Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, who responded promptly to the distress call.
The latest incident apart from no life loss, is reminiscent of the Abule Egba pipeline explosion on 26 December 2006, killing hundreds of people.
This morning inferno, it was gathered that residents were scooping fuel from the spillage and in the process there was a spark which resulted into inferno, consuming everything along it’s path.
However, another version of the report had it that the fire resulted from the activities of bunkerers who were scooping fuel from a vandalised petroleum pipeline in the area.
Eyewitness…
