It was a narrow escape from death on Friday for a mother and her three children in Okumagba area of Warri, Delta state, when a cooking gas exploded in their kitchen.
It was gathered that the victims of the gas explosion, whose names could not be ascertained as at the time of filing this report, sustained various degrees of injuries and had been admitted to a private hospital around Okere-Ugborikoko Road in Warri.
The gas cylinder explosion also razed down the entire kitchen in the three bedroom apartment.
An eyewitness who craved anonymity said the gas cylinder was turned on by one of the children, unknown to the mother, who was about cooking when the incident occurred.
“As the woman lighted a matche, what we heard was a loud noise. We later saw fire coming from the apartment before we rushed down to help the kitchen had already burnt down”, he said.
The eyewitness also said the incident occurred because the gas cylinder may have expired, saying “the gas cylinder had a big cut in between. But thank God for saving the situation.”
As at the time of filing this report, firefighters, sympathisers as well as other residents of the one storey building were battling to quell the fire.
When reached for an official comment, the spokesman of the Delta state police command, DSP Andrew Aniamaka, said he was yet to hear from the Divisional Police Officer in charge of the area.
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