Seven persons have been declared injured in a gas explosion that occurred on Sunday evening at a steel company in Ogijo area of Sagamu Local Government Area of Ogun State.
The explosion occurred at Phoenix Steel Mills in Ogijo. Reacting, the Ogun State Government ordered the immediate closure of the company.
The State Commissioner for Environment, Mr. Ola Oresanya, who paid an on the spot assessment to the scene of the incident, orders immediate closure of the iron rod manufacturing company.
It was learnt that the entire line is production of the company was affected by the explosion.
Oresanya said under the rule of engagement with all the industries in the state, the state government will carry out a thorough investigation on the remote and immediate causes of the explosion with a view of preventing future occurrence.
He added that the investigation will spell out in clear terms the condition under which the company can operate so that its workers can be adequately protected as well as property of its immediate communities which were affected by the gas explosion.
The victims of the incident were reported to have been hospitalized in a nearby hospital at Ikorodu, Lagos State.
