A former director of the service, Rasak Fadipe, told the News Agency of Nigeria, at the sideline of his pulling out ceremony that the service recovered about 724 suspected dead bodies under his watch.
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Fadipe told the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos, “In 2017, we responded to 1, 659 calls, out of which 1, 273 were fire calls.
Fadipe told the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos that the service received a distress call at11:35 a.m. that a tank farm belonging to Stallionaire Nigeria Ltd was on fire.
The family was burnt to death in their pharmacy store, which also serves as their home
The fire affecting a three-story building, destroying properties worth millions of Naira
The parents and two sisters of the deceased were also reported to have become unconscious and hospitalized as a result of the fire
The incident resulted in gridlock in most parts of the Island, as a large number of traders and passersby besieged the vicinity to catch a glimpse of the inferno
A witness told the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos that the incident happened at about 4.08am at Ikorodu Roundabout
The Director of the Service, Rasak Fadipe, told the News Agency of Nigeria that the incident occurred at about 2am at Faith Revival Church
The News Agency of Nigeria learnt that the fuel-laden tanker was conveying 33,000 litres of petrol and fell on the railings of the Ojuelegba bridge around 2am
The Director of the Lagos State Fire Services, Rasak Fadipe, said the children, all females, were aged five, seven and 12
Lagos State Government officials, who were at the scene of the fire outbreak, stated that that only about five dead bodies were recovered
The Director, Lagos State Fire Service, Razaq Fadipe, explained that the fire would have spread to a nearby building if not for the quick intervention of seasoned fire fighters on ground