The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) has rescued seven children from a fire incident at an orphanage/motherless babies home on Sunday in Lagos.
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Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, Permanent Secretary, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, confirmed this
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The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency confirmed the incident in a statement, adding that the agency rescued seven passengers and recovered one dead adult male that was killed as a result of the accident.
Zonal Coordinator, South-West of National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Ibrahim Farinloye, confirmed the development to newsmen in Lagos.
The fire incident, which started at midnight, occurred nine days before Christmas.
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Hamzat, in company of cabinet members, said 10 bodies were removed from the rubbles after an overnight search and rescue operation by a combined team of Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) and National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), with the support of construction giants, Julius Berger and China Civil Engineering Construction Company (CCECC).
The personnel of the corps attached to the Oshodi-Isolo divisional area of the state, at about 22:30hrs swiftly responded to a fire explosion, which occurred at Oke – Afa, Ejigbo, Lagos.
The agency’s Director General, Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, made this known to journalists during an on-the-spot assessment of the leakage which occurred at Omoboriowo Street, Ikotun.
A statement by the Route Commander, FRSC Public Education Officer, Olabisi Sonusi, said the accident involved a 20-feet containerized Mack truck with two different registration numbers: LSD 973 XM and FKJ 214 XY; and two other vehicles – a Toyota wagon with registration number JJJ 28 FR and Toyota Camry with registration number BDG 597 CY.
The agency’s Director General, Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, said in a statement that the accident occurred when an oil tanker loaded with 45,000 litres of PMS crashed into two containerised trucks.
The director-general of the Lagos State Emergency Management Authority (LASEMA), Dr Olufemi Damilola Oke-Osanyintolu, however, said in a statement that “a combined team comprising of agency LRT, LRU fire, Lagos State and Federal Fire Services” were able to subdue the fire and prevented it from spreading to the surrounding buildings.
The explosion happened on Monday night after the driver reportedly lost control of the tanker when the break failed. The tanker was said to have loaded at Abule Ado.
Oke-Osanyintolu made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos.
Ibrahim Farinloye, Acting Zonal Coordinator, South West Zonal Office, NEMA, made this known on Thursday at a two-day Basic First Aid/Recertification Course organised for emergency responders in Lagos.
The Director General, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, Dr. Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, made the disclosure at the scene of the incident in Lagos.