Lagos: Four injured as fire guts filling station in Badagry… 

Four persons on Wednesday sustained various injuries as fire gutted Fat Noble filling station, an independent marketing oil firm along Old Road, opposite Torikoh, Badagry, Lagos.

The attendants were dispensing petrol inside jerry cans and sacks around 1.00.a.m at the back of the station when the explosion occurred.

According to a source, those who sustained injury were quickly rushed to General Hospital in Badagry before the arrival of fire service men.

“The fire destroyed some part of the station before the arrival of the men of the Lagos Fire Service.

“Those who suffered fatal injury were taken to the hospital, while those with minor injuries were treated within,” the source said.

Meanwhile, Mr Isaac Dossa, the Station Head, Badagry Fire Service, Lagos said they received an emergency call at 1:15 a.m. about the incident and they proceeded to the scene immediately.

Dr Olatunde Bakare, the Medical Director of the hospital said the victims were brought to the hospital around 1:30a.m.

He said that the doctor and nurses on duty attended to them promptly.

According to Bakake, they are currently receiving treatment at the emergency unit of the hospital.