{"id":23618,"date":"2020-01-04T22:09:53","date_gmt":"2020-01-04T21:09:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=23618"},"modified":"2020-01-04T22:09:53","modified_gmt":"2020-01-04T21:09:53","slug":"at-least-four-die-as-kaduna-govt-condoles-families-of-gas-explosion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=23618","title":{"rendered":"At least four die as Kaduna govt condoles families of gas explosion"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Kaduna State Government has condoled the families of those who lost their lives following a gas explosion that occurred at about 2pm on Saturday in Kaduna.
\nAt least four persons, including a professor with the Nigerian Atomic Energy Commission were feared dead in the explosion. Many were injured, while the reverberating effect of the explosion shattered glass windows.
\nIn a statement, Mr.Samuel Aruwan, the\u00a0 state Commissioner, Internal Security and Home Affairs said,\u201cOur thoughts are with them in this sad moment,\u201d the statement said.
\nThe incident occurred in a business premises located along Kachia Road, Sabon Tasha, in Chikun local government area.
\n\u201cThe State Government also sympathized with the citizens that sustained injuries in the explosion,\u201d it added.
\nThe Kaduna government commended the emergency services, including fire fighters of both Kaduna State and the Federal Fire Service and the Red Cross for their prompt response.
\nThe government also expressed gratitude to all security agencies that participated in the search and rescue exercise during the incident.
\nEarlier in the day, the gas explosion killed, injured and burnt down shops in the immediate vicinity of the explosion.
\nNAN reports that some residents seen crying at the scene said\u00a0 the explosion occurred at the gas refill centre trapping many people in the inferno.
\nMany shops, mostly salons, plumbing materials, boutique and others\u00a0 were affected.
\nAn eye witness, Francis Yusuf, said he just left the barbing salon when the explosion occurred.
\n\u201cI was leaving the saloon and left three persons waiting for their turn to cut their hair when a few seconds after I heard the blast behind me.\u201d
\nAnother eye witness, Mohammed Baba who said he was driving his tanker when he saw the explosion that started from the gas shop and had to reverse back.
\n\u201cI just loaded product from NNPC when I saw a blast in front of me as some persons where passing in front of the shop when the explosion happened.\u201d
\nSamuel Aruwan, Commissioner, Internal Security and Home Affairs, said the number of persons affected cannot be ascertained now until investigations have been carried out.
\n\u201cAs you can see search and rescue is in progress but we have had case of injured persons that have been rushed to the hospital for medical attention.\u201d
\nHe assured that the state government would stop the operation of gas sales in residential areas.
\nMr Paul Aboi, Director, Kaduna State Fire Service, said that the gas explosuon took place in a compact place were there were shops operating.
\nHe said the situation was put under control by men of the fire service in combined efforts of\u00a0 the Police, Civil Defence, Red Cross and the Federal Road Safety\u00a0 Corps.
\nAboi said those who sustaind severe injuries as a result of the blast have been rushed to the hospital for intensive care.
\nHe said several cars were affected while several building glasses where shattered.
\nAdditional reports by NAN<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Kaduna State Government has condoled the families of those who lost their lives following a gas explosion that occurred at about 2pm on Saturday in Kaduna. At least four persons, including a professor with the Nigerian Atomic Energy Commission were feared dead in the explosion. Many were injured, while the reverberating effect of the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":13131,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[674,675,161],"class_list":["post-23618","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-explosion","tag-gas","tag-kaduna"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23618","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23618"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23618\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23618"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}