{"id":23149,"date":"2020-03-28T15:56:58","date_gmt":"2020-03-28T15:56:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=23149"},"modified":"2020-03-28T15:56:58","modified_gmt":"2020-03-28T15:56:58","slug":"explosion-rocks-ondo-hundreds-of-buildings-destroyed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/explosion-rocks-ondo-hundreds-of-buildings-destroyed","title":{"rendered":"Explosion rocks Ondo, hundreds of buildings destroyed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Africa Press-Nigeria:<\/p>\n<p>Over a hundred buildings were in the early hours of Saturday destroyed following an explosion that rocked Ondo State.<\/p>\n<p>The explosion happened in the early hours of Saturday at Eleyowo, Akure, along Owo-Akure highway around 1 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>According to residents of the area, a terrifying loud bang was heard when everyone was already asleep.<\/p>\n<p>Also affected in the explosion was a full boarding school, Aina Awawul Secondary School, one of the most popular churches in Akure, Possibility Ground Ministry, as well as filling station and hundreds of buildings.<\/p>\n<p>The highway was cut off with hundreds of travelers stranded.<\/p>\n<p>Police officers and other security agencies are already on ground to assess the situation.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-23151\" src=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2020\/03\/IMG-20200328-WA0009.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2020\/03\/IMG-20200328-WA0009.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2020\/03\/IMG-20200328-WA0009-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2020\/03\/IMG-20200328-WA0009-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2020\/03\/IMG-20200328-WA0009-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2020\/03\/IMG-20200328-WA0009-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa Press-Nigeria: Over a hundred buildings were in the early hours of Saturday destroyed following an explosion that rocked Ondo State. 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