The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has clarified the circumstances surrounding the fire incident at the Mobil filling station in Ikeja, Lagos, on Thursday, August 7.
According to reports, the explosion occurred at the Mobil fuel station near Airport Hotel on Obafemi Awolowo Way, Ikeja, leaving two people critically injured, six vehicles destroyed, and parts of a nearby building damaged.
The incident reportedly took place around 10:49 am when a gas tanker was discharging its content into a surface storage tank, leading to the explosion.
In response, NNPCL’s Chief Corporate Communications Officer, Olufemi Soneye, issued a statement clarifying that the explosion was unrelated to the recently commissioned NNPC Gas Marketing Ltd (NGML)/NIPCO Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) stations. He emphasized that these CNG stations remain fully operational and unaffected by the incident.
“The NNPC Ltd also wishes to add that the NGML was not affected by the explosion; it is not involved in the activities of the affected station, and all NGML facilities in Lagos, including pipelines, metering stations, above-ground installation, and CNG facilities are in safe operating condition,” the statement read.
