At least two dead in Ijegun fire

Nigerian news has it that at least two people are dead after a pipeline exploded in Ijegun, Lagos State. The explosion recorded ten casualties, with two dead and thirty burnt vehicles.

According to Dr. Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, General Manager of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, he said that oil bunkerers intentionally started the fire

They stormed the area to siphon petrol but were engaged by security agencies who attempted to apprehend them. They then started the fire to prevent the security agencies from arresting them.

He explained: “On arrival of the LRT at the scene of the incident, it was gathered that some vandals were engaged in illegal bunkering activities at Fire Junction, Ijegun, within the vicinity where NNPC pipelines were buried.

“The vandals had already siphoned petrol into a 33,000 liters tanker while a second tanker of the same capacity was being loaded when security agencies suddenly intercepted them.

“While trying to escape, some of the siphoned fuel spilled into the drainage and the vandals were alleged to have set the spilled fuel on fire in a bid to deter the security agencies from apprehending them"

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