Many persons may have been killed following a gas explosion on Tuesday morning at Ojekunle Street in the Ladipo area of Mushin, Lagos State.
The explosion, First News learnt, occurred around 8am.
An official of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency told The Punch that three persons, at least, had been recorded as casualties to the explosion already.
As of the time of filing this report, the cause of the explosion could not be ascertained.
Meanwhile, officials of LASEMA, NEMA and the Fire Service are currently trying to put out the fire as a result of the explosion.