Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) has confirmed a tragic fire incident at a complex housing five fully detached warehouses beside Nigerian Breweries, Iganmu, Apapa area of Lagos State.
The state agency revealed in a statement that properties worth millions of Naira were destroyed during the raging fire on Wednesday morning.
In a statement made available to newsmen, the Permanent Secretary of LASEMA, Dr Femi Okey-Osanyintolu, said there was no casualty record during the tragic fire incident.
While the agency is still investigating the cause of the fire, Okey-Osanyintolu explained that upon arrival at the incident scene, LASEMA officials observed that 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 also gutted fire.
“No life was lost and no injuries sustained to anyone as a result of the incident.
“The fire has been extinguished, (11 am) while dampening down is ongoing.