Heavy Explosion In Kaduna
A heavy explosion in Kaduna has killed several people injuring many others. The cause of the explosion is yet to be established. The incident occurred at Oria Apata along Katsina Road by Ogbosho Street, opposite the former Scala Cinema at about 9:30 am.
Some residents of the area said it was a bomb explosion while others claimed that it was a gas explosion from a shop where they sell gas. Details of the incident were still scanty as armed soldiers and policemen have condoned the area while shop owners and residents were battling to put off the raging fire on their shops and houses. All shops and schools area have been closed
Correspondents at the scene of the incident saw some corpses being carried in an ambulance of the Federal Road Safety Commission. Helpless shop owners were seen using pure water to safe their shops from their inferno as the fire service were not immediately at hand.
Eye witnesses said five (5) children were roasted to death in the inferno caused by the blast. "It was a heavy and deafening sound that shook buildings around here. We just heard boom and there was a thick smoke that covered everywhere here. Some people are trapped in their homes and shops” said Chibuke Nweze , a shop owner close to the area.
Some residents claimed that the bomb exploded in the hands of two people riding on a motor bike and that the one of them was killed instantly. However some residents said the explosion was from a nearby shop where they sell gas.
However as the police, the army and members of the FRSC and other security agencies were trying to bring the situation under control, some hoodlums started throwing stones at the security agencies, apparently to create an atmosphere for looting. Some vehicles were smashed in the process.
The Kaduna state Police commissioner Alhaji Bala Nasarawa told Thisday on phone that it was too early to make any comments on the incident, saying that the police were trying to secure the area and ensure law and order and establish the cause of the incident.
Source: ThisDayLive
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