He opined that the two dead men
must have been asleep when the fire started hence they could not hurry for
safety.
“We were on patrol very early this morning
when we heard noise of explosion from the gas company.
“Some of the staff who were on
night duty were able to escape with little bruises by jumping the fence but the
two men who died were at sleep” he said.
Also, eyewitnesses at the CMD
road, Magodo, where the incident happened, confirmed that two men were severely
burnt by the fire, expressing doubt about their chances of surviving.
According to the Lagos State
Director of Fire Service, Mr. Rasak Fadipe, the fire was caused by leakage from
an offloading gas tank which was ignited by a moving vehicle.
The fire service were called in
by the gas company to control the leakage unfortunately, while they were at it,
the exhaust pipe of a passing vehicle ignited the fire.
“We were inside the gas
premises but unfortunately when a
vehicle was passing along. It was through the exhaust pipe that caused the
fire.
He further stated that if not for
the concerted effort of all emergency response agencies, the whole of Magodo
could have been on fire.
Although he claimed there was no
casualties on the side of the Lagos State Fire Service, but an unofficial report
from one of the firemen claimed two of their colleagues have had to be taken to
the hospital.
While also addressing the press,
the General Manger of Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) Adesina
Tiamiyu, said investigations are going on to ascertain the cause of the fire.
“A comprehensive incident
assessment will be done to unravel the mystery behind this fire and where there
is negligence; we will also identify that and take our report back to the
government to take appropriate action.
All Lagos state law enforcement
and emergency response team were around.
However, one of the ambulance
service personnel who was at the scene expressed worries about likelihood of
trapped casualties.
The fire reportedly started at
about 7:30am on Monday, January 15, 2018.
At the time of filing this
report, all hands were on deck by officials of different Lagos State emergency
agencies to put out the fire.
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