Five persons have been confirmed dead in a pipeline fire in Abule Egba area of Lagos State.
Informed sources told The Eagle Online that the pipeline exploded at about 1am owing to the activities of vandals.
So far, fighter fighters involved in battling the explosion have expended five tankers of water without being able to fully contain it.
The Eagle Online gathered that four other persons are wounded and had been taken to an undisclosed hospital.
As at press time, the fire was still raging, with houses behind Tantalizers, Wema Bank and former Mobil/Mr. Biggs at Abule Egba on the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway being consumed very fast.
Several vehicles have also been burnt.
The fire has spread spread to Agric Junction in Abattoir area of in Agege.
Policemen, operatives of the Lagos State Neighbourhood Corps, Lagos State Fire Service and the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency are at the scene of the incident.