A warehouse within a complex housing 5 fully detached warehouses was burnt down by fire, located beside Nigerian Breweries in Iganmu,Lagos State,on Wednesday.
The fire incident which also affected a diesel storage tank, a 33,000ltr tanker with no registration number, a mini tanker with registration number XV555-FKJ and a fiat bus with registration number unknown at the scene.
As at the time of filling this report,the cause of the fire outbreak yet unknown.
Dr Olufemi Damilola Oke-Osanyintolu
PS LASEMA, signed a statement, which explained the situation report of the fire incident
According to PS LASEMA, it was stated that “Upon arrival at the incident scene, a warehouse within a complex housing 5 fully detached warehouses was found to have been razed by fire.
“Also totally burnt out was a stand-alone diesel storage tank, a 33,000ltr tanker with no registration number, a mini tanker with registration number XV555-FKJ and a fiat bus with registration number unknown.
He further said that no life was lost and no injuries sustained to anyone as a result of the incident.
“The fire has been extinguished, while dampening down is ongoing. However, the walls and pillars of the warehouse have been seriously affected by the intensity of the fire leading to various cracks and imminent collapse of the structure, the Agency’s excavator will be required to pull down the warehouse structure in order to avert any crash on the responders and users of the environment.
More Updates to follow at the scene of the fire incident,he said.
