Lagos Gas Explosion Update – 10-Yr-Old Boy, Woman Dead, As Death Toll Hits 5

The death toll from the explosion which rocked a gas store at Ladipo, Mushin, Lagos, is now five. It was three until the recovery of the body of a 10-year-old boy and a female adult from the scene of the incident. The was confirmed by the Acting Coordinator, National Emergency Management Agency NEMA, Lagos State […]
Man Dies In Gas Explosion At Gloria Mine, South Africa

One man, believed to be an illegal miner, has died after an explosion at the shuttered Gloria Coal Mine in Mpumalanga. The police’s Brigadier Leornard Hlathi says another man, also believed to be an illegal miner, has been retrieved and is well. The Middelburg Observer reported on Wednesday that a group of 22 people, believed […]
3 Killed And Dozens Injured After Gas Explosion Rocks Bakery In Paris

Two French firefighters and a Spanish woman died and nearly 50 people were injured in a massive gas explosion that gutted the ground floor of a building in a central Paris shopping district on Saturday, authorities said. The accident occurred with the center of the capital under security lock down for a ninth consecutive Saturday […]
Scores Dead, Many Injured As Gas Explosions Rock Lagos

Scores of people were on Monday dismembered and several others sustained injuries, including third degree burns, as two gas explosions rocked both the Magodo and Badagry areas of Lagos. While the first explosion occurred at the Second Coming Nigeria Limited gas located on CMD Road, Magodo, the second followed hours later at a gas retail […]
Gas Explosion Rocks Ghana’s Capital Accra, Causing Fatalities

A natural gas station in Ghana’s capital Accra exploded on Saturday evening, killing an unknown number of people, a government official said. “Unfortunately there are some fatalities and we are working to have the numbers,” Deputy Information Minister Kojo Oppong Nkrumah told a local radio station. “There are quite a number also injured.” He added […]