Fire Disaster Kills Man and Young Teenager in Lagos

         
Tragedy struck on Friday and Saturday in Lagos State after a 37-year-old man, Lekan Are, and a 15-year-old teenager, Olamilekan Eniola, were killed in separate fire incidents in the state.

Source learnt that Are was burnt to death in the toilet, where he was trapped, after fire engulfed a three-storey building at Olushi, Lagos Island, while Eniola was killed in a fire incident in the Ilasamaja, Oshodi-Isolo area of the state.

Source gathered that the Lagos Island disaster started around 10pm on Friday and was caused by a power surge on the top floor of the three storey building.

A source said the fire was aggravated by the several jerrycans of fuel stored by the tenants in the building.

He said, “The fire started around 10pm. There was an electrical spark in the kitchen while the people in the house were still celebrating the Eid-el-Fitr.

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“The fire was not well managed, and that made it to spread to the other floors as people started running helter-skelter.

“The fuel in many of the apartments made the fire spread quickly.”

Our correspondent was told that policemen from the Area ‘A’ Police Command, officials of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency and firefighters from the Lagos State Fire Service responded to the incident.

Source was told by a rescue official, who did not want to be named, that people did not know there was any casualty until during a search through the debris.

Source; PUNCH Metro