A seven-month-old baby was killed on Tuesday after a gas explosion ripped through a retail gas shop in the Egan area of Igando, Lagos State.
PUNCH Metro learnt that the incident occurred around 1pm at Niyi Bus Stop in the Modina area of the community.
It was gathered that the infant and a teenage girl were inside the gas retail outlet when the explosion occurred and triggered a fire that engulfed the shop and the hairdressing salon beside it.
An eyewitness, who spoke on condition of anonymity for security reasons, said the deceased was the child of an apprentice at the hairdressing salon.
He explained that the infant had been playing inside the gas shop when the explosion occurred.
