Residents scampered for safety on Thursday as explosion rocks Shagari Plaza on Moshood Abiola Way, Garki-Area One, Abuja.
The quick succession in which the
explosion occurred made customers and neighbours to scamper into safety.
Many expressed fears that it was a bomb explosion.
But an eyewitness account said the first
explosion occurred at about 5:17pm when a gas cylinder exploded. A jeep
parked close to the gas dispenser went up in flames.
The gas retailer, who tried to recover
his money kept under one of the cylinders, was also caught in the
explosion while trying to save his earnings for the day. “He kept it
under one of the cylinders. As he was trying to take the money, another
cylinder exploded,” another eyewitness said.
The retailer is receiving treatments at an undisclosed hospital
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