No fewer than three persons lost their lives while several others sustained various degree of burnt in a tragic gas explosion which occurred at Afaha Uqua road in Eket South West, Akwa Ibom.
The fire explosion which consumed properties worth millions of naira also burnt the bodies of the victims beyond recognition.
Eyewitnesses say that the explosion which consumed properties worth millions of naira, also did not spare other adjoining shops, including a local eatery and a photo studio.
While some people claimed that the incident emanated from a cooking fire from one of the shops, others said that it was a gas cylinder that exploded as reported by the source
According to one of the eyewitness, the incident threw the entire street into a state of pandemonium as people scampered for safety.
A shop owner within the vicinity who did not want his name mentioned told our correspondent who visited the scene of the explosion that the incident came to them as a rude shock since people in the area has not witnessed such a calamity.
He said that the late arrival of the state fire service personnel was responsible for the casualty recorded.
His words ‘’it is very sad and unfortunate that such incidence should happen to us this early period of the new year as we have just come from our different villages after the Christmas and the New Year celebrations . We are totally grieved over the loss of property and lives of our colleagues who died and I am quite sure if the fire service had responded timely, maybe those who died would have been saved’’
He advised residents to be very careful in the use of gas and to be safety conscious as fire is no respecter of anyone most especially during this harmattan season.
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