A piece of a seven-storey constructing situated on Sanni Adewale Avenue within the Lagos Island native authorities space of Lagos State went up in flames, destroying outlets, within the early hours of Friday.
The Lagos State Hearth and Rescue Service confirmed, that the fireplace outbreak occurred round 5:17 am, prompting a right away response from firefighters.
Confirming the fireplace incident in a launch, Director, Lagos State Hearth and Rescue Service, Margaret Adeseye, disclosed that the company obtained a misery name shortly after the fireplace started and swiftly deployed firefighters from the Ebute Elefun, Sari, and Lekki 1 stations to the scene.
She said, “On August sixteenth, 2024, at 05:17 hours, the Lagos State Hearth and Rescue Service obtained a misery name relating to a hearth outbreak at Sanni Adewale Avenue, situated within the Lagos Island Native Authorities Space. The fireplace affected a number of outlets inside a 7-storey constructing.
“Firefighters from the Ebute Elefun, Sari, and Lekki 1 stations promptly responded, arriving on the scene by 05:33 hours.”
Adeseye added that the state of affairs has now been introduced underneath management as a consequence of swift actions of the Lagos State Firefighters, stressing that, “Air flow efforts are presently ongoing in making certain the protection of all within the space.”
She nevertheless attributed the reason for the outbreak to electrical surge.
“Preliminary investigations recommend the fireplace was triggered by {an electrical} surge. Thankfully, no casualties have been reported,” she said.
