Breaking: Lagos residents on the run as oil pipeline explodes in Ijegun, fire rages

Residents are currently scampering for safety following early morning pipeline explosion that occurred along Ijegun axis of Satellite town was gutted by inferno.

Satellite Town, Lagos, is a community and state housing estate located along the Lagos-Badagry Expressway in Amuwo-Odofin local government area of Lagos State.

The community has about 12 tank farms operating in the community, some of which are A.A. RANO, Emadeb Energy, Wosbab, Chipet Nig. Ltd., Star Oil and Gas and Bond Global Energy Ltd.

“Others are Mao Petroleum Company, Stallionaire Nig. Ltd., First Deep Water, Menj Oil and Ocean Pride Oil. It has been alleged that all the tank farms did not have a fire-fighting boat in case of fire in their depots.”

The cause of the explosion is yet to be known.

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