Lagos Fire: 17 Injured, 4 Buildings Collapsed – LASEMA
According to him, a total of 17 people sustained injuries, 15 were treated at the scene and discharged, while the remaining two a pregnant woman and a fire-fighter had been hospitalised.
He said that the pregnant woman injury was as a result of shock she experienced and the Lagos State Fire Service Staff (fire-fighter) sustained injuries from one of the collapsed building.
“A total of nine buildings were severely affected, four had already collapsed and being levelled to ground zero having failed integrity tests.
”The remaining five buildings also affected will be subjected to testing; those that fail will also be demolished.
” The bulk of the fire has been curtailed, while some pockets remain along with some residual sparks and the fire services continue in their efforts to fully extinguish the flames,” Oke-Osanyintolu said.
He, however, urged Lagos residents and traders to remain calm and assured them of Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s commitment to the safety and security of all in the state.
Also speaking, the Director-General, Lagos State Safety Commission, (LASSC), Mr Lanre Mojola, expressed disappointment over another fire outbreak, which took place at Martins again in 2020.
Mojola said that his team were at the market on Jan. 19 to sensitise them to the need to ensure safety in the market to avoid fire outbreak, which leads to loss of lives and valuable goods in 2019.
He said that it was unfortunate that in spite of the awareness another disaster took place again, adding that the commission would increase its sensitisation until the traders comply with the vision and mission of Gov. Sanwo-Olu on the safety of lives and property.
The Lagos State’s Commissioner of Police, Mr Hakeem Odumosu, advised that the safety Commission should be resistance during enforcement and avoid being sentimental.
He said that the full assessment of the fire outbreak could not be ascertained now, adding that from what he had seen so far, the collapsed building was a man-made disaster.
“The information we gathered on the ground now is that it was just a generator that was being refuelled, the generator was not even on the first floor, if it had been on the ground floor, it would have been easier for them to curtail it.
