Fire erupted at the premises of Zoom – a telecommunications company- close to the National Theatre in Iganmu-Lagos on Sunday morning, after an explosion occurred as some people were transferring fuel from one tanker into another.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the explosion, which occurred shortly after 11.00a.m. caused panic in the area as many scampered to safety.
At the scene of the fire, three petrol tankers and one trailer had been burnt by noon, while firefighters were battling to prevent the fire from spreading to the warehouse of the telecommunications company.
Mr Bassey Moses, a security guard with Zoom, said that some people were transferring diesel when a generator they were using sparked and caught fire.
“We were told to allow them to be parking their trucks here. One of their trucks had a fault and in the process of transferring the diesel from it to another tanker, the fire broke out,’’ he said.
According to Moses, nobody died or sustained any injury in the incidence.