Lady dies in gas explosion after her phone rang close to a gas cylinder

A phone-triggered gas explosion has killed Rotary Club president International, GRA, Osogbo

Deputy Director, O-Ambulance, according to Linda Ikeji blog, a State of Osun safety organisation, Olori Opeyemi Omobolawa Fola, has died as result of a gas explosion in Osogbo.

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The sad incident happened on Wednesday December 13, 2017.

The trained senior nurse, was said to have gone to the popular Grace Gas, Osogbo, to refill her cylinder, when she suddenly had a call and brought out her phone from her pocket.

According to an eyewitness, the phone exploded instantly, set the woman and her car on fire, and flung the cylinder to a far distance.

Some others were also said to have been seriously injured as a result of the explosion.

She will be buried today, December 15th.

54 COMMENTS

  1. May her gentle soul rest in perfect peace.
    There should be a law by our legislature banning the use of cellphones as well as other electronic devices at such highly inflammable places like prtrol and gas filling stations.

  2. oh ! sadness may she rest in peace.Also this is advice to us, we need to switch off our phone when we are nearness to gas or diesel station.My question is was there no any hazard sign there ,which show to switch off phones? if yes then we must obey hazard sign or symbols.Thank you

  3. It’s amazing that Nigerians are still ignorant of causes of explosion in the use of iPhone. Majority of us don’t read literatures attached to items bought. I’ll insist that SON or the relevant authority ensure that the literature come with simplified manual. Imagine the laurels that has been lost through these means. May God console the husbands of those that departed & their family.

  4. Many people is posting so much here by saying rest in peace by there is need to learn from such an incident. Mobile phone is not to be used in a filling station it’s like a time bomb that can explode at any given time in a petrol station. So let us learn and pass the information to our loved ones.