8 Day Old Baby, WAEC Results Burnt In Lagos Fire Incidents
Dozens of students’ West African Examination Council and millions of naira worth of properties destroyed as thirty-two flats were razed in a fire incident that occurred at Satellite Town in Lagos between Saturday and Sunday morning.one person was seriously injured in the Satellite Town incident, while an
News reports that one person was seriously injured in the Satellite Town incident, the fire occurred at the popular former Stepping Stones Comprehensive Girls College, which have been converted to a residential building.
It was gathered that the fire started from one of the converted flats late on Saturday evening and raged till around 1’O clock. Firefighters had a very difficult time in battling the fire as it was said to be very well alive when the safety workers arrived at the burning building.
Though yet to be fully ascertained, the fire was said to have started from a spark as a result of a power surge, which affected the electrical wiring of the building.
Residents of the building battled to put out the fire in vain and it grew uncontrolled for hours, prompting them to call firefighters.
Firefighters could not access the major point of the fire for more than forty-five minutes as a result of what was described as the “nature of the building.”
The fire grew wilder as eleven gas cylinders and seven air condition compressors exploded as the fire spread from one apartment to the other.
A woman, who jumped from one of the floors of the building was injured.
The only unoccupied flat, where WAEC results of former students of the converted school were stored was also burnt in the inferno.
The image maker in charge of the National Emergency Management Agency, South West, Ibrahim Farinloye confirmed the incident.
Farinloye confirmed that A fire outbreak at former Stepping stone Comprehensive Girls College, 9/11 Stepping Stone Close, Satellite Town, Lagos converted to thirty residential apartments occurred late on Saturday.”
Mainwhile, reports also have it that an eight-day-old baby was consumed in another fire incident that occurred in Makoko area of the state.
