Many people have been left injured while properties worth millions of Naira have been destroyed after a gas tanker exploded in the Iju-Ishaga area of Lagos state at about 3.30pm today September 24.

Confirming the incident to newsmen, the Director-General of Lagos State Emergency Management Authority LASEMA, Dr. Olufemi Damilola Oke-Osanyintolu, said efforts are being made to put out the resulting fire from the explosion.

This incident comes barely 24 hours after apetrol tanker exploded in Kogi state leaving 24 persons dead.