LASEMA confirms two fire outbreaks in Lagos linked to electrical surges

Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, has confirmed that 2 abstracted occurrence outbreaks occurred crossed Lagos connected Sunday, some reportedly linked to electrical surges.

In a statement, LASEMA’s spokesman, Afolabi Olawale, said the archetypal incidental took spot astatine FESTAC Town Phase 2, wherever a single-storey gathering caught occurrence aft a conduit ligament sparked connected the crushed floor.

The swift effect of the LASEMA Response Team and the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service prevented the flames from spreading to the precocious level oregon adjacent structures.

“Fortunately, nary casualties were reported, though household items valued astatine millions of naira were destroyed,” Olawale stated.

The 2nd occurrence occurred astatine Rev Ogunbiyi Estate, Ikeja GRA, wherever an electrical surge from an aerial conditioning portion ignited a blaze connected 1 of the precocious floors of a duplex.

Residents acted promptly to power the occurrence earlier exigency teams arrived, preventing escalation and ensuring nary injuries oregon fatalities.

Olawale advised Lagos residents to workout caution erstwhile utilizing electrical appliances and to study immoderate emergencies instantly via the state’s toll-free exigency lines.

He urged the pu...