By Rosheedah Abdulsalam
Properties worth N5 million naira has been to a gas explosion which occur in Ilorin the Kwara State capital on Tuesday night.
The incident occurred at about 7.30pm at Baba- Soja’s junction along Alagbado Specialist Hospital road, Okelele, Ilorin.
It was gathered that the fire began from a gas retail shop in the area and consumed goods in three shops in the vicinity.
A woman said to be the wife of the owner of the gas retail shop sustained injuries and was rushed to a nearby Hospital for treatment, but was later moved to another hospital in the town for comprehensive treatment.
A victim of the gas explosion who sells children wares in one of the shops that was razed by the fire, Mrs Bashirat Bashar said she lost goods worth over N2.5 m to the incident.
According to her “I just filled my shop with goods worth over N2.5m on Monday in preparation for sallah sales. All the goods were burnt by the fire,” Mrs Bashar lamented.
A source also claimed that the owner of the gas retail shop also lost about N2m cash to the incident.
