Two firefighters hospitalised as fire engulfs Lagos building

Two firefighters are receiving aesculapian attraction aft collapsing portion battling a occurrence that engulfed the apical level of a three-storey residential gathering successful the Ketu-Ikosi country of Lagos State.

The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA)l, disclosed the improvement successful a connection issued on Sunday by its spokesperson, Olawale Afolabi, who said the incidental occurred astatine astir 6:31 a.m.

According to Afolabi, the occurrence broke retired successful 1 of 2 adjoining three-storey residential buildings located astatine No. 11, Ademola Taiwo Street, Ketu-Ikosi, and was traced to an electrical surge from a prepaid meter.

He said exigency responders from LASEMA and the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service swiftly mobilised to the scene, successfully containing the blaze earlier it could dispersed to the adjacent gathering and different adjacent properties.

“The incidental progressive 1 of a brace of duplicate three-storey residential buildings. Upon the accomplishment of the Tiger Squad, it was observed that the occurrence had engulfed the topmost level of the affected building.

“Swift and coordinated fi...