Lagos Inferno: Fire Service assessing structural safety of Afriland Tower

By Omeiza Ajayi

LAGOS: The Federal Fire Service FFS connected Tuesday evening said it has contained a occurrence outbreak astatine Afriland Tower connected Broad Street, Lagos Island, but said its unit remained connected the crushed to measure the structural information of the building.

According to a connection signed by the National Public Relations Officer of the Service, Deputy Controller Paul Abraham, the alarm was received astatine precisely 1:24pm, prompting the contiguous deployment of the White Watch and Campus units to the scene.

Preliminary investigations revealed that the blaze started from the inverter country successful the basement of the high-rise building, with fume rapidly spreading to different floors.

According to him, firefighters instantly commenced evacuation of occupants portion launching operations to incorporate the inferno. Their swift effect was credited with calming panic and preventing further escalation.

“As of the clip of this release, our crews stay connected crushed to guarantee implicit extinguishment, continuous monitoring, and the structural information of the building,” the connection noted.

The Service urged occupants to stay calm and cooperate with exigency responders portion operations continue. It besides commended members of the nationalist for their practice during the exercise.

The FFS further appealed to Nigerians to stay vigilant and to promptly study occurrence emergencies by dialing the toll-free enactment 112 oregon calling 0803 200 3557.

“Early alerts prevention lives,” the bureau reminded citizens.

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