LASEMA responds to Lagos fire, recovers two tankers - Punch Newspapers
• One of the incidents scene. Photo: LASEMA
The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency has responded to a fire outbreak and recovered two broken-down tankers along the Mushin-Ilasa-Oshodi corridor of the state. The Permanent Secretary of LASEMA, Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday, noting that the agency carried out three emergency interventions along the corridor. Oke-Osanyintolu said the first incident occurred at No. 5 Balogun Street, Ilasa, where the agency’s Eagle Response Team from Cappa Base responded to a fire alert received around 1:05pm. He said the responders met a bungalow with some rooms already engulfed in flames, while preliminary findings indicated that the fire was caused by a power surge. According to him, the LASEMA Response Unit Fire Unit and the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service collaborated with the Eagle Team to extinguish the fire, which affected three rooms.See more Punch stories on Google.Add Punch on Google “The inferno which affected three rooms was successfully put out, dampening down operations concluded and its spread to nearby buildings effectively prevented. Fortunately, no loss of life or injury was recorded in the incident,” he stated. Oke-Osanyintolu said the same team was deployed to Mushin Bus Stop, inward Oshodi, around 1:49pm following a report of a broken-down tanker. He said the tanker, which was conveying black oil, developed a mechanical fault and obstructed vehicular movement, resulting in a traffic build-up. According to him, the Eagle Team immediately diverted traffic while awaiting the arrival of LASEMA’s heavy-duty recovery equipment, Super Metro. Osun disputes accounts restriction over $13.9m award LAWMA clears traders from unauthorised trading spots Greenwich Bank expands, opens three Lagos branches “Through professional recovery operations, the broken-down tanker was successfully recovered off the road and safely parked at a layby, thereby restoring free vehicular movement along the corridor,” he stated. The Permanent Secretary said another empty tanker with an unknown registration number broke down at Ojuwoye Bus Stop, inward Oshodi, around 4:41pm. He said LASEMA, the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority and the Nigeria Police Force managed traffic at the scene while recovery operations were activated. Oke-Osanyintolu said Super Metro was deployed to recover the tanker and park it safely, restoring traffic flow along the route. He added that no casualty or loss of life was recorded in any of the three incidents. The LASEMA boss urged residents to observe safety precautions, particularly when handling electrical appliances, to prevent fires caused by power surges. He also advised motorists to maintain their vehicles regularly to prevent mechanical failures on the road. He urged residents to report emergencies through the toll-free lines 767 and 112. Kindly share this story:
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