A man was burnt to death yesterday after a pastor mistook petrol for water during a healing service in Lagos.
“The pastor picked a keg believing it contained water not knowing it was filled with petrol,” said Ibrahim Farinloye of the National Emergency Management Agency.
“In the process of emptying the contents on the man, a lit candle nearby sparked fire that engulfed both of them,” Farinloye told AFP.
The church fire in the Baruwa area in the north of the sprawling city then spread to nearby oil pipelines, which burst into flames, he added.
“We have recovered the body of a man. He was burned beyond recognition, while another person (the pastor) was severely burnt,” Farinloye said.
The head of Lagos state emergency service LASEMA, Femi Oke-Osanyintolu, confirmed the accident, adding that operations were under way to extinguish the pipeline blaze.
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