More than 200 residents of Sharada Quarters, Kano state, are currently receiving treatment after a gas cylinder exploded. <\/p>\n
The residents were said to have inhaled chemical substance from the cylinder whose destruction was caused by metal scrappers.<\/p>\n
According to NAN, the victims were rushed to the Murtala Muhammad Specialist Hospital, Sharada Industrial Hospital and Ja\u2019en Hospital.<\/p>\n
Nuradeen Abdullahi, Kano coordinator of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), confirmed the incident.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe cylinder chemical explosion occurred on Friday at about 4:00 p.m., at Sharada Industrial Area,\u201d he was quoted as saying.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe victims were suffocated and unconscious.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sani Muhammad, a witness, was quoted as saying the victims collapsed and became unconscious after inhaling a toxic substance from the cylinder.<\/p>\n
The cylinder was said to have been dismantled by some metal scrappers, causing the chemical to escape into the air.<\/p>\n
Hussaini Muhammad, the chief medical director of Murtala Muhammad Specialist Hospital, was quoted as saying the facility received over 70 victims, and that 65 were now in stable condition.<\/p>\n
\u201cThirty-five victims received treatment at Sharada Industrial Hospital and 96 at Ja\u2019en Hospital,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Twenty people were injured in the gas explosion at a liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) refiling shop in the state.<\/p>\n
The explosion, which occurred around 8:30pm on Thursday, resulted in the destruction of some shops and a residential building.<\/p>\n
Saminu Yusif, public relations officer of the Kano State Fire Service, had said the explosion was caused by fire from a man frying fish near the gas shop.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
More than 200 residents of Sharada Quarters, Kano state, are currently receiving treatment after a gas cylinder exploded. The residents were said to have inhaled chemical substance from the cylinder whose destruction was caused by metal scrappers. According to NAN, the victims were rushed to the Murtala Muhammad Specialist Hospital, Sharada Industrial Hospital and Ja\u2019en […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":193283,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_override_bookmark_settings":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[5509,896,9682,39268],"class_list":["post-193279","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national","tag-gas-explosion","tag-kano","tag-nema","tag-sharada"],"yoast_head":"\n