A storey building has been razed by fire in the Lekki area of Lagos state.
Confirming the incident, the Lagos State Emergency Management Authority (LASEMA) said the fire outbreak happened at about 12.57 pm on Thursday, January 2.
In a statement signed by the Permanent Secretary, LASEMA, Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu said the agency received a distress call from No. 2A, Abike Sulaiman Street, Lekki Phase 1 about the inferno.
He said, “Following distress calls received on the 767 and 112 emergency toll-free lines, LASEMA activated its response team from Lekki Base.
“Upon arrival at the incident scene, it was discovered that a one-storey building was engulfed by fire. No casualties or injuries were recorded at the incident scene,” he said.
Oke-Osanyintolu noted that LASEMA’s intervention in collaboration with other responders curtailed the fire from spreading to other buildings.
He said, ”The inferno was contained from escalating to adjoining buildings. The fire has been completely extinguished, and the dampening down operation has been concluded.”
