LASEMA battles raging fire at Ago medical facility
The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency said it has successfully contained a raging fire that engulfed sections of a storey building housing Ago Medical Centre, off Ago Palace Way, Okota.
The Permanent Secretary, LASEMA, Dr. Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, disclosed this in a statement in the early hours of Saturday.
He stated that the agency activated the state’s emergency response plan and its response team from Oshodi, following distress calls received on its 767/112 Emergency Toll-Free Lines at 18.29hrs on Friday.
He said, “Upon arrival at 18.50hrs, LASEMA’s Eagle Response Team discovered that sections of a storey building which housed a hospital was being gutted by fire at the aforementioned address. Preliminary investigations conducted by LASEMA’s Eagle Response Team revealed that the immediate cause of the inferno was a power surge which led to a spark when public electricity power supply was restored.’’
He said that no life was lost and no injury recorded from the incident.
He noted that the fire was being contained through collaborative efforts of the LASEMA Response Team (LRU) Fire Unit and other responders, to prevent it from spreading to adjoining buildings in the area.
“The fire is still raging and responders are battling to put it off. Response and Recovery Operations are in progress,” Mr Oke-Osanyintolu said.
He listed emergency responders at the scene to include LASEMA Response Team, LASEMA Fire Unit, Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, Lagos Neighbourhood and Security Corps and the Nigeria Police Force.
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