Gas explosion injures mother, two children in Yenagoa
Yenagoa—A mother and her two children on Sunday sustained severe injuries owing to an explosion from a leaking gas cylinder in their home, along Azikoro road in Ekeki community in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital.
According to reports by Leadership newspaper, the incident occurred around 6.30 pm on Sunday in the home of a family of four.
A neighbour said the three victims were home awaiting the arrival of the husband, who is a commercial tricyclist popularly known as Keke Napep from Kogi State when the odour of gas leakage was perceived.
“Upon perceiving the smell of the gas, the woman left the children and switched on a torchlight to check the leakage. What was heard next was a huge explosion which threw open their iron door and shook the building,” the neighbour said.
Some other residents confirmed to LEADERSHIP that the sound of the explosion threw neighbors into panic as it shook the foundation of some buildings in the area.
The explosion sparked a fire outbreak and the three severely injured family members were rescued in time by neighbors and taken to the Government House Clinic.
“The 6years old boy was severely burnt because he was lying down naked when the explosion occurred. The mother and the other eight years old boys were severely affected too,” a source said.
Already, neighbors and good Samaritans have started pulling resources together to assist the victims, while calling on the Bayelsa and Kogi State Government to assist the poor family during these trying periods of their lives.
