- Inferno extinguished 11.30pm on Sunday, says NNPC
The Lagos State government has announced N2billion relief fund for victims of Sunday’s explosion in the Abule-Ado area of the State.
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu made the announcement while on Monday at the scene of the explosion.
He said that an additional sum of N250million will be released immediately and announced that an investigative committee chaired by Obafemi Hamzat, deputy governor of Lagos, has been raised to look into the incident behind the explosion.
The committee has been given two weeks to do an extensive investigation into the cause of the incident and what needs to be done to ensure that it does not happen again.
At least 17 persons died as a result of the incident while more than 50 houses were destroyed by the impact of the Sunday explosion.
Meanwhile, the fire that resulted from the explosion was put out in the late hours on Sunday.
According to
the Group Managing Director of NNPC, Mele Kyari, the fire was extinguished at
11.30 pm, last night.
Tweeting using, @MKKyari he wrote thus:
”Lagos explosion update: pipeline fire put off at 11.30 pm. Maintenance team to move in and repair the damaged pipe segment.”
The explosion led to the deaths of not less than 15 people, with numerous houses and cars destroyed.