An explosion late night Saturday at a gas station in central Nigeria has caused panic among residents, with properties reportedly destroyed.
F&S Investment, a gas station in Sabon Wuse, along the Abuja-Kaduna expressway in Tafa Local Government Area of Niger State reportedly went up in flame at about 10:30 p.m. on Saturday, in the the fourth explosion — in less than a month in Niger State alone.
The Saturday blast reportedly happened when a gas-laden tanker was offloading at the gas station, residents told local news outlets, this caused residents to scamper for safety. No casualty has been reported as of the time of this report.
“The tanker was offloading when some parts of it caught fire,” a resident, David Sakoma, told PREMIUM TIMES, noting that no casualty was recorded. “The fire engulfed the entire gas station and touched some other properties including Ngil Rice Mill.”
Another resident, Dorcas Andrew, corroborated Mr Sakoma, adding many people stayed back to watch the fire razing.
In a viral video, a male voice filming the incident said: “As you can see, this inferno happened to us around 10:30 pm. See as gas keeps exploding.”
The incident happened near a petrol station, although the fire spared the petrol station, the person said.
Emergency agency could not be reached for comments.
This came three weeks after a twin tanker explosion killed more than 90 people and injured about 56 others in Dikko, Gurara LGA of Niger State.
Those killed in the incident were given mass burial at the primary healthcare centre where some surviving victims were evacuated before they were moved to another hospital in Abuja.
Last week, Nigeria’s First Lady Oluremi Tinubu visited Minna, the capital of Niger State, where she earmarked some funds for the families of those killed in the Dikko incident.
The scene of this latest incident is several meters from Dikko, where multimillion-naira properties were also lost to the tanker explosion.
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