ELECTROCUTION KILLS FIVE IN LAGOS STATE.

A pregnant woman and four other persons were Thursday
electrocuted in Lagos after a PHCN high-tension cable fell,
causing fire and explosion, reports have said.
An eyewitness said that the incident happened around 2.00 a.m. at
Oworonshoki, Lagos.

The fire broke out when the cable fell on
a Toyota Camry car loaded with petroleum products, which
brought about an explosion.
The victims, according to the source rushed out of their homes
when they heard the explosion only to run into the live cable.
“As they rushed out, they all embraced the cable in front of
their house and they were electrocuted.
“The corpses were taken to Yaba General Hospital by
policemen from Oworonshoki and some residents of the area.
“The husband of the pregnant woman, who also lost a son,
attempted to commit suicide by drinking a poisonous
substance but was however, prevented by neighbours.
“The youths in the area prevented PHCN workers from coming
to the scene because they blamed the electricity company for
the deaths of the victims.
The Director of the Lagos State Fire Service, Mr Rasak Fadipe,
confirmed the incident, saying that the victims included three
teenagers, a pregnant woman and another woman.
Fadipe said that the high-tension cable fell on the car parked
on the street with jerrycans of petroleum products, noting that
he got the information at about 2.50 a.m.
The director said that his men were able to contain the fire
from spreading to nearby buildings.