An explosion has rocked a Rain Oil Filling Station on the Ogbomoso/Ilorin Previous Highway in Ogbomoso North Native Authorities Space of Oyo State.
Additionally, a devastating hearth incident has razed a church within the Afijio Native Authorities Space of the state.
This was contained in an announcement launched by the Particular Adviser to Governor Seyi Makinde on Hearth Reform and Chairman of the Hearth Providers Company, Morrof Akinwande, in Ibadan, the state capital, on Thursday.
Akinwande stated, “On Wednesday, January 21, at precisely 19:30hrs, the distressed name was acquired by way of a phone name and Mr Samuel about an explosion at Rain Oil Filling Station alongside Ogbomoso /Ilorin Previous Highway, Ogbomoso.
“The personnel led by Oluwaleye (PFS) shortly mobilised and responded to the misery name. Upon arrival, we met a shattered workshop, cracked partitions, shattered POP and shattered roofing sheet.
“We shortly swung into motion, utilizing skilled technical know-how to safeguard the place towards vehicular and human. All security precautions have been put in place to avert additional explosions within the place and examine the causes of the explosion.”
Akinwande harassed that nobody was affected by the explosion and {that a} post-incident investigation is presently underway to determine the foundation explanation for the incident.
The chairman, subsequently, urged the general public to take heed to their actions, significantly the storage of explosive supplies.
On the Afijio hearth incident, Akinwande stated the distressed name was reported at precisely 1:16 pm on Thursday, January 22, by way of a phone name by Babalola Bamidele {that a} Church behind Banikol Resort, Oonireke Avenue, Ilora, was on hearth.
He stated, “The company’s officers, led by PFS II Makinde, promptly responded and deployed to the scene of the incident. Upon arrival, the Church was properly alighted and smoke logged. The fireplace crew shortly swung into motion and the fireplace was prevented from spreading to the close by buildings and properties. No casualty was recorded
“The fireplace incident was a results of sparks from electrical home equipment, which ignited the close by flamable supplies and set the church ablaze.”
Akinwande harassed the significance of putting in hearth extinguishers in each constructing as a way to forestall hearth incidents on the incipient stage.
This got here barely a day after a hearth outbreak razed a one-storey industrial constructing housing laptop and equipment sellers on Somoye Osundairo Avenue, Pc Village, Ikeja, Lagos.
The fireplace destroyed items value tens of millions of naira.
The Lagos State Emergency Administration Company said that the incident was reported at about 1:55 a.m. by way of its 767/112 toll-free emergency strains.