Lagos Explosion: Death Toll Climbs To 11 As Chinese Restaurant Manager, Others Confirmed Dead

No fewer than 11 persons have been reported dead following a tanker explosion that occurred on Thursday in Ikeja, Lagos State.

The explosion reportedly happened at about 10 pm when the tanker conveying Liquefied Petroleum Gas spilled its contents close to OPIC shopping plaza, beside Sheraton Lagos Hotel.

The incident had also caused damages to the plaza alongside the China Restaurant and Oasis Supermarket in the area.

Vehicles numbering 25 were also vandalised, Channels Television reports.

Thirteen other persons suffered various degrees of burns at the scene of the incident.

The casualties were attended to by the pre-hospital care unit of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), and transported to LASUTH and Gbagada general hospital for further treatment.

Reacting to the incident, the acting Coordinator of the Lagos Territorial Office, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Ibrahim Farinloye, said that the three bodies recovered are workers of the Chinese restaurant including their manager who is a Nigerian.

Farinloye said the building had been cordoned off as a disaster zone ahead of further investigations.