A video shared online has captured the moment a gas explosion occurred while a UNIZIK student was on Facebook live.
The incident which led to the death of a female student, occurred at El-Shaddai lodge while an occupant of one of the rooms was reportedly making popcorn on Tuesday October 5.
The Facebook live video shows a student gushing over her natural hair when the gas exploded, throwing her out of the camera focus.
An eyewitness said while some of those who lived in the lodge were able to remove some of their properties, others could not as the fire spread so fast. Fire fighters were also said to have responded on time.
Facebook user, Mazi Michaels Orlukwu-Nyesom Nwadibia Udochukwu disclosed that a student was overlooked where she was trapped under a wall during the search and rescue exercise. Her body was discovered in the evening.
He wrote:
“Yesterday was a sad day here in Unizik.
A lodge caught fire from gas explosion. The room occupant was making popcorn when it occurred, the impact of the explosion shattered the girl’s leg plus burnt (her) body, the guy in the room also suffered some burns plus the dog of a lodge occupant was burnt too.
Fire brigade was alerted, they responded in no distant time, but the fire was so fast as most rooms were already burnt. Some occupants were lucky to get some properties out, some weren’t so lucky.
All the while we were there trying to put off the fire, we never knew that a friend was trapped in one of the rooms, wall fell on her from the impact of the explosion, nobody knew, smoke covered the whole rooms, the fire fighters also failed in their responsibility to check everywhere very well.
It was later in the evening that her dead body was discovered.
Really sad. May her gentle soul rest in peace. And quick recovery to the injured.
