A fire outbreak at a residential building on Bola Street, Oyingbo, Lagos State, has claimed the life of a 103-year-old woman and destroyed several household properties.
PUNCH Online learnt from a statement by the Permanent Secretary of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, that the agency received a distress call about the fire outbreak at about 12pm on Friday.
Oke-Osanyintolu noted that upon arrival at the scene, it was discovered that a bungalow with shops attached had been engulfed in flames.
He stated that emergency management procedures were immediately activated at the scene, but after an assessment, the centenarian woman had died.
He said, “Upon the arrival of the LRT at the incident scene by 12:13 hours, it was observed that a residential bungalow with two shops attached was engulfed by fire at the aforementioned location.
“The fire reportedly started in a room before spreading to other rooms within the building. However, the cause of the fire had yet to be ascertained as of the time of filing this report.
“Unfortunately, one life—a 103-year-old centenarian (name withheld)—was lost to the incident.”
The permanent secretary also noted that eight rooms, a mini flat, six shops, and several household properties were affected by the fire.
“The recovered body has been handed over to the family for necessary action. The fire has been completely extinguished.
“The Agency’s LRT and LASEMA Fire Unit, in collaboration with other responders, successfully curtailed and contained the fire. Dampening down has been concluded, while rescue and recovery operations have also been concluded,” he added.
PUNCH Online reported on Wednesday that the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service said 133 people lost their lives in 2,617 emergencies attended to by the agency in 2025.
The LSFRS Controller General, Margaret Adeseye, stated that the agency responded to 1,685 fire incidents, accounting for approximately 85 per cent of all emergency calls received, while 473 victims were rescued alive from various emergencies.
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