Many injured in Lagos restaurant fire

Many persons including children on Sunday morning sustained burnt injuries after Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) exploded at a restaurant in Lagos.

The incident occurred around 8am at the place called University of Amala along Ejigbo Road in Idimu.

It was gathered that the owner of the restaurant, six of her employees and many customers sustained varying degrees of injuries.

The explosion occurred after a commercial bus trampled on a PMS laden keg kept off the road by a customer who entered the restaurant, it was learnt.

The Nation gathered that the fire affected the gas cylinder at the restaurant which extended same into the premises, burning people.

According to a witness, Taiwo Olayinka, no one died in the inferno as all those injured were rushed to a nearby hospital for treatment.

He said: “The place is at OPC junction before Idimu last Bus Stop. From what I gathered, a customer that want to patronise the entity came with a keg filled with petrol.

“He dropped it by the roadside so he would take it when leaving but a bus that was turning in front of the shop climbed on it unknowingly and everything went up in flames. Many people were injured and receiving treatment at a nearby hospital.

“The fire entered the kitchen and also affected the generator used to power the restaurant. It was the generator that escalated the fire. The bus was reversing and did not see the keg.”

Contacted, both the police and the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) said they were unaware of the incident.

(The Nation News Nigeria)