Nigeria, May 1 -- Nine persons including a pregnant woman and some children sustained various injuries following a gas explosion in the Ajegunle area of Lagos on Tuesday.

The Director, Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, Margaret Adeseye, in a statement, said the fire started around afternoon.

"Today, the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service (LSFRS) demonstrated its rapid response capabilities in Ajegunle-Apapa, Lagos, where a gas explosion rocked the community at approximately 12:39 hours on Tuesday," the statement read.

The fire service said preliminary investigations suggested that a gas leakage may have triggered the explosion, "subsequently igniting a high-tension cable, causing a fire outbreak."

"The incident occurred in an area...