The fire from the explosion at the Second Coming gas plant in Magodo area of Lagos State has been brought under control.
It took the combined efforts of the Lagos State Fire Service, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, Federal Road Safety Corps and the National Emergency Management Agency to bring the fire under control.
Channels Television reported that no fewer than 10 persons died in the inferno that also affected several adjoining buildings.
It was said to have been started by a spark from a car.