The severity of the facial injury sustained by 48-year-old Adeola Adaraloye jumps at anyone entering the male ward of the Trauma and Burns Centre at Gbagada General Hospital, Lagos. His entire face had become frighteningly yellow.
This is what had become of Adaraloye, a vibrant officer with the Lagos State Fire Service, after he suffered severe burns in the early hours of Monday, during an explosion at a cooking gas plant, owned by Second Coming Nigeria Limited at Magodo, a posh estate in Lagos metropolis, on Monday.
His wife, Nifemi, who had become flustered over the appalling state of his health, expressed deep frustration with the situation.
She noted that she could not recognise him when she first saw him after the incident and it was only by the look of his legs that she knew he was the one.
The Director of the Lagos State Fire Service, Rasak Fadipe, he said the service was in constant touch with the victim.
He said, “He’s in safe hands and the authorities of the hospital are aware that he’s there. If you see him the first day and you see him now, you would agree that he’s getting better.”
Source: Punch
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