The Principal of Bethlehem Girls College, Rev. Sr Henrietta Alokha is reportedly one of the victims of the pipeline explosion witnessed on Sunday morning in Abule Ado community of Lagos State.
Rev. Sr Henrietta Alokha who worked hard to rescue some students trapped in the boarding school under her care, died after the roof of the educational facility fell on her.
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Meanwhile, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has said that over 50 buildings were destroyed in the explosion that rocked Abule Ado, near the Trade Fair Complex on the Lagos-Badagry highway.
The acting coordinator of the Lagos Territorial Office of NEMA, Ibrahim Farinloye, confirmed the development in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos.
According to Farinloye, the cause of the incident and casualty figure are currently unknown as rescue operations are still going on in the affected area.
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The government official said the resulting fire, from the explosion, later spread to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) oil pipeline passing through the area, although though the pipeline has been shut down as a precautionary measure.
He added that a combined team of the Lagos State Fire Service, Federal Fire Service and the Nigerian Navy Fire Tender are currently battling to put out the inferno.
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