Gas explosion razes three shops, vehicles in Jigawa

Panic gripped residents of Hadejia municipality successful Jigawa State connected Saturday evening pursuing a occurrence outbreak astatine a Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) retail outlet on Katagum Road, which destroyed 3 shops, 2 vehicles and a motorcycle.
The incidental occurred erstwhile a state transportation motortruck arrived astatine the outlet to offload supplies, eyewitnesses said.

According to accounts gathered astatine the scene, the occurrence was allegedly triggered by the mentation of tofu known arsenic (awara) adjacent the state facility. Witnesses said an unfastened occurrence came into interaction with the gas, resulting successful an detonation that rapidly escalated into a large occurrence outbreak.

The detonation caused wide panic arsenic residents and traders fled the country for safety, portion immoderate attempted to salvage goods from adjacent shops earlier the occurrence dispersed further.

An eyewitness described the incidental arsenic frightening, saying the explosions sounded “like weaponry blasts” arsenic respective state cylinders burst 1 aft another.

“We saw heavy fume covering the area, and everyone started running,” the witnesser said.

Fire work personnel, supported by information agencies, responded promptly and succeeded successful containing the blaze, preventing it from spreading to much buildings.

Confirming the incident, the spokesperson of the Jigawa State Police Command, SP Lawan...