Matilda Omonaiye/
The National Emergency Management Agency confirmed 15 persons dead in today’s explosion which occurred at Abule Ado, Trade Fair axis of Lagos State.
The casualties included a couple and their two sons who were on their way to church when the explosion occurred around 9am.
Several people including about 60 students of Bethlehem Girls College located within the area also sustained various degrees of injury in the incident.
Majority of those injured are receiving treatment at the Nigerian Navy Hospital in Ojo Cantonment.
The explosion also destroyed over 100 buildings and vehicles in the area.
Authorities are yet to determine the exact cause of the incident.
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