3 Dead In OPIC Plaza Gas Tanker Fire, 25 Vehicles Burnt

By Solomon Asowata

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said three bodies have so far been recovered from the OPIC Plaza, scene of Thursday night’s gas tanker explosion on Mobolaji Bank Anthony Way, Ikeja, Lagos State.

Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, Acting Zonal Coordinator, South West Zonal Office, NEMA, disclosed this on Friday..

A Liquefied Petroleum Gas ( LPG) tanker had exploded while in motion at about 10.32 p.m.

Farinloye said the resulting fire travelled with the wind to the premises of Ogun State Property Investment Company (OPIC) Plaza beside Sheraton Hotel, which houses different commercial outfits including a Chinese Restaurant.

PMNews

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