The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) says
property worth millions of naira were destroyed in a fire outbreak at Idumota,
Lagos.
In a statement, Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, permanent secretary
of LASEMA, said the fire incident occurred on Friday night.
Oke-Osanyintolu said preliminary investigation showed that
multiple buildings used as shops for sales of car spare parts were ablaze at
the aforementioned location.
“Following distress calls via the 767/112 Toll-Free
Emergency Lines at 2220hrs, the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency,
LASEMA, activated it’s Emergency Response Teams from Lekki, Cappa and the
Command and Control Centre, Alausa, Ikeja,” he said.
“On arrival of the LASEMA Response Teams at the incident
scene by 2255hrs, it was discovered that multiple buildings used as shops for
sales of car spare parts were found engulfed by fire at the aforementioned
location.
“The immediate or remote causes of the fire incident were
yet to be ascertained as at the time of writing this report”
Oke-Osanyintolu added that no casualties were recorded at
the incident scene as well as no injuries were sustained due to the incident.
“Properties and goods worth hundreds of millions of naira
were destroyed by the inferno,” he said.
“The LASEMA Shark Response Team, LASEMA Fire Unit, LASEMA
Tiger Response Team, alongside Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, and the
Federal Fire Service worked together to curtail the fire, preventing it from
escalating to adjoining buildings.
“The law enforcement agencies present at the incident scene,
activated crowd measures to ensure all-round safety at the incident scene.”
Oke-Osanyintolu also said “frantic efforts” are ongoing to
completely extinguish the fire.
He said “dampening down” has commenced to stamp out the
remaining pockets of fire, noting that salvage of valuable properties in the
recovered shops are ongoing.
The permanent secretary noted that the recovery operation is
still ongoing.
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