A woman collapsed on Tuesday while attempting to put out a raging fire at Dosunmu Market in the Lagos Island Local Government Area of Lagos State. SaharaReporters earlier reported that four buildings were razed by the fire. Dr. Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, Permanent Secretary of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), in a statement on Tuesday, said the agency received a distress call around 11 am on Tuesday. Oke-Osanyintolu said no death or injury was recorded at the scene of the fire outbreak.
Carnage: Over 300 fuel tankers crashed in 2020 in Lagos Govt reveals
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File photo of fuel tankers at Mile 2 end of Oshodi-Apapa Expressway, Lagos. PHOTO: Joe Akintola, Photo Editor.
By Olasunkanmi Akoni
The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, revealed that at least 300 fuel tankers were involved in various road crashes in the state last year, 2020.
This happened as the wife of the Lagos State Governor, Dr Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu, stressed the need for residents to be safety conscious in order to ward off any potential threat.
Mrs Sanwo-Olu, gave the charge at the first Road Traffic Management Simulation Exercise, to be held in the Year 2021, organised by LASEMA, at its Cappa Base, Oshodi, led by its Director-General, Dr Femi Oke-Osanyintolu.