Hearth gutted a part of a three-storey constructing on the Lagos State Authorities Workers Quarters in Odunsanmi Road, off Wempco Street within the Ogba space of the state.
The Everlasting Secretary, Lagos State Emergency Administration Company, Dr Oluwafemi Oke-Osanyintolu, confirmed this in an announcement on Friday.
Oke-Osanyintolu stated that LASEMA obtained misery calls by the 767 and 112 toll-free emergency strains at about 2.39 am.
He stated that the company activated its response staff from the Alausa command and management centre.
“Upon speedy response, it was confirmed that one of many two-bedrooms in Flat 5, of Block 21, a two-winged, three-story constructing of 16 two-bedroom flats, was engulfed.
“Investigation carried out by the company’s response staff revealed that the fireplace originated from the kids’s room because of an influence surge.
“The immediate and coordinated efforts of the company, Nigeria Police Pressure, Lagos State Hearth and Rescue Service, ensured the fireplace was contained,” Oke-Osanyintolu stated.
He stated that there was no damage or life misplaced, nonetheless, the fireplace utterly consumed the kids’s bed room, leading to lack of properties value tens of millions of naira.
“We additionally enlightened the occupants on the right use {of electrical} home equipment,” he stated.
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