December 28, 2015 – Properties worth several millions of Naira were lost in 12 fire outbreaks last night in Lagos. Director Lagos State Fire Service Mr. Rasak Fadipe, who made the revelation said 14 shops were burnt down at 16 Odunbaku street in Mafoluku.
He added that another eight rooms structure was razed at 16 Moses Olawale street in Moshalasi bus stop area of Agbado
“A shopping complex is on fire now at Oshodi market. We are in control. We got our first distress call today from Vegas Hilton hotel at Oki Ira Ogba Aguda and LSDPC estate Glover street in Ebute Meta.
“An outbreak of fire is on now at NEPA Office. Ajiwe bus stop in Lekki. It involves containers. We are in control of it too. This is making it a total of distress calls to be 12. Lagosians need to be fire conscious’’, Fadipe said in text messages.
To curb the tide of this menace, he said that the agency had been repositioned and transformed with provision of new equipment to meet the challenges associated with mega city.
Fadipe warned Lagosians who were fond of buying and storing premium motor spirit (PMS) as a result of scarcity of the product to desist from the act.
He urged parents and guardians to warn their children against careless handling of electronic appliances, naked wires and gas cookers among others as all these are major sources of fire disaster.
Fadipe appealed that basic portable fire protection equipment such as fire extinguisher, fire blanket and fire alarm system should be kept within reach in order to prevent the spread of fire outbreak if occurred.
