At least 17 people were sent to the great beyond before their time including the Principal of Bethlehem High School, Abule-Ado in Lagos, Rev Sister Herientta Alokha in an explosion that shook the city of Lagos to its foundation on Sunday morning, March 15, 2020.
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Mr Farinloye, the NEMA coordinator, said 15 bodies were recovered, including a family of 4 who were heading to church before they were caught in the explosion.
The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), however, said the death toll rose to 17 as at 11 p.m. Sunday.
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Bethlehem Girls College, a Catholic school close to the scene of the explosion, also suffered a huge loss as the principal of the school and a number of students died, while many were rescued and taken for treatment.
“He is my in-law, his injuries are not too much, that is why I can talk to you. But some dead people were brought here,” a relative of one of the affected persons said.
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The corpses of the school principal, the school engineer and one yet-to-be-identified person were deposited at the Nigerian Naval Reference Hospital.
“They also brought the body of a kid, but we don’t receive children here, others were taken to hospitals in Festac and Satellite Town,” a hospital attendant told us.
As at the time of this report, on Sunday night, efforts were still ongoing to quench the fire.
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