No fewer than 10 persons lost their lives in a gas explosion that rocked a filling station located on Lafia/Abuja road of Nasarawa state on Monday.
The number of those killed be more according to fire service officials and going by the number of vehicles, tricycles and motorcycles destroyed in the explosion.
It was learnt that the cause was due to a refilling exercise at the station following a leakage.
Most the injured victims were rushed to the hospital while the deceased were deposited in the morgue.
It took the effort of the fire fighting men to bring the infetmo under control