Lagos Fire Service Prevents Another Fire Outbreak

The Lagos State Fire Service has prevented a fire outbreak that could have claimed lives and property worth millions of Naira on Badagry Expressway.

The Ag. Head of the Agency, Mrs. Margaret Adeseye disclosed this on Thursday at a media briefing in Alausa.

She said that the timely response by the firefighters to a distress call from Abule Osun Bus Stop along Lagos-Badagry Expressway, on Thursday, prevented what could have being a major incident.

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According to her, “In response to the distress call, I swiftly mobilised officers of the Ojo Fire Station to the scene. On arrival, it was discovered that a 17,000 peddler DAF Truck conveying Diesel inward Barracks reportedly caught Fire while in motion”

Adeseye explained that the prompt the intervention of the officers from the Ojo Fire Station ensured that the fire was extinguished while the situation was brought under control and normalcy returned to the road.

She reiterated that preventive efforts and sensitisation campaign on safety as well as curbing incessant fire outbreaks by the State government in January 2020 is yielding positive results as only four emergencies have so far been recorded in the State in recent times.

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