Two rescued, one injured as fire guts bungalow in Itire, Lagos

Two men person been rescued from a occurrence that gutted an eight-room bungalow astatine Onitire Road, Smith Bus Stop, Itire, Lagos, with 1 of them sustaining pain injuries portion attempting to prevention an aged man.

A connection by the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service said the incidental occurred astatine 43 Onitire Road, Itire. The exigency telephone was received astatine astir 9:10 p.m., portion firefighters arrived astatine the country astatine 9:35 p.m. and instantly began firefighting operations.

During the operation, firefighters rescued a 75-year-old wheelchair idiosyncratic from the bungalow. A 42-year-old man, who sustained pain injuries portion trying to prevention the aged man, was besides rescued and taken to Gbagada General Hospital by officials of the Lagos State Ambulance Service, LASAMBUS, for aesculapian attention.

The occurrence affected the eight-room bungalow and dispersed to a three-bedroom level connected the precocious level of an adjoining two-storey residential building. The bungalow and its contents were severely damaged, portion the affected conception of the adjoining gathering and its contents sustained insignificant damage.

Personnel from the Isolo, Sari and Bolade occurrence stations of the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service handled the firefighting operation, with enactment from the Federal Fire Service, Ojuelegba.

Other agencies contiguous astatine the country inclu...