The store of global electronics maker LG at Abule Osun, Trade Fair, Lagos State was engulfed by fire around midnight on Sunday.
Goods worth millions of naira were destroyed in the incident.
The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency through its Head of Public Affairs Unit, Nosa Okunbor, stated that the agency received distress calls through its toll-free emergency lines at 12:15 am, with fire officials arriving 25 minutes later to extinguish the blaze, which had consumed items worth millions of naira.
The statement read, “The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency received distress calls through the 767/112 toll-free emergency lines at 00:15 hours and activated the Lagos State Emergency Response Plans.
“Upon arrival of the Dolphin Response Team from LASEMA’s Igando Base at 00:40 hours, a raging fire was discovered at the LG office located at the aforementioned address.”
The fire, according to Okunbor, affected “equipment, small forklifts, household goods/gadgets, including TVs, refrigerators, and air conditioners, estimated to be worth hundreds of millions of naira.”
“The major warehouse has been severely damaged by the fire. However, through the effective collaborative efforts of the Agency’s LRT, LRU Fire Unit, the Lagos State Fire & Rescue Service, the Federal Fire Service, and other primary responders, the fire has been contained and prevented from spreading to adjacent structures, including other warehouses, a gas station, diesel tankers, expatriate quarters, and other adjoining buildings.”
The cause of the fire is yet to be determined.
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