BREAKING: Fire guts Warehouse in Iganmu

…diesel storage tank, fiat bus, tanker affected

A warehouse within a complex housing five fully detached warehouses located beside Nigerian Breweries in Iganmu area of Lagos State, was gutted by fire on Wednesday.

The fire incident also affected a diesel storage tank, a 33,000ltr tanker with no registration number, a mini tanker with registration number XV555-FKJ and a fiat bus with unknown registration number at the scene.

The cause of the fire outbreak was unknown as at the time of filing this report.

Confirming the incident, the Permanent Secretary, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, in a statement on Wednesday, said that no life was lost and no injury was sustained during the fire outbreak.

Oke-Osanyintolu said: “Upon arrival at the incident scene, a warehouse within a complex housing five fully detached warehouses was found to have been razed by fire.

“Also totally burnt out was a stand-alone diesel storage tank, a 33,000ltr tanker with no registration number, a mini tanker with registration number XV555-FKJ and a fiat bus with registration number unknown.

“The fire has been extinguished, while dampening down is ongoing. However, the walls and pillars of the warehouse have been seriously affected by the intensity of the fire leading to various cracks and imminent collapse of the structure.

“The Agency’s excavator will be required to pull down the warehouse structure in order to avert any crash on the responders and users of the environment.”