A 103-year-old woman has died in a fire that broke out at a residential building on Bola Street, Oyingbo, Lagos State, destroying several household properties.
The Permanent Secretary of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, in a statement on Friday, said the agency received a distress call about the fire outbreak at about 12pm
He noted that upon arrival at the scene, it was discovered that a bungalow with shops attached had been engulfed in flames.
Oke-Osanyintolu stated that emergency management procedures were immediately activated at the scene, but after an assessment, the centenarian woman was recovered dead.
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.
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