Nigeria: Explosion Kills Four, Injures 20 in Ota

25 January 2013

No fewer than four persons were Friday feared dead, while 20 others sustained serious injuries in an explosion that rocked a factory in Ijako area of Sango-Ota, Ado-Odo Ota Local Government Area of Ogun State.

Saturday Vanguard gathered that one of the boilers of a distilling company located along the Lagos - Abeokuta expressway caused the explosion which vibration led to the falling of the perimeter fences of the neighbouring companies.

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