Residents flee as inferno hits pipeline in Lagos community

Residents abandoned their houses in the early hours of Thursday as pipeline along Ijegun axis of Satellite town was gutted by inferno.

The community has about 12 tank farms operating in the community, some of which are A.A. RANO, Emadeb Energy, Wosbab, Chipet Nig. Ltd., Star Oil and Gas and Bond Global Energy Ltd.

“Others are Mao Petroleum Company, Stallionaire Nig. Ltd., First Deep Water, Menj Oil and Ocean Pride Oil. It has been alleged that all the tank farms did not have a fire-fighting boat in case of fire in their depots.

At the moment, we could not ascertain if there was casualties in the inferno.

More to come…