A devastating fire ravaged the generator house of the Federal Institute of Industrial Research (FIIRO), located in the Oshodi area of Lagos State on Wednesday.
Permanent Secretary, Lagos State Emergency Management Authority (LASEMA), Olufemi Oke-Osanyinyolu, confirmed this in a statement issued to newsmen in Lagos on Thursday.
He stated, “LASEMA received a distress call at about 10:20 p.m.
“Following distress calls received through the 767 and 112 emergency toll-free lines at 10:20 p.m., LASEMA activated its response team from Cappa Base in Oshodi.
“Upon arrival at 10:22 p.m., it was discovered that a generator house was engulfed by fire. Information gathered revealed that the fire ignited as a result of overheating of the generator in operation.
“Preliminary investigations conducted revealed that the immediate cause of the incident was overheating from the generator engine. Fortunately, there was no injury or loss of life due to the incident,” he said.
He, however, said that about 80 per cent of the generator house was razed by fire while the fire was swiftly curtailed from spreading to adjoining buildings within the facility.
“The fire has been successfully extinguished and damping down has been concluded,” he added.
Meanwhile, in another development, fire gutted a plank market at Pipeline Street in the Ikotun area the state on Thursday, destroying a section of the market.
Oke-Osanyintolu, said the inferno affected only four shops.
He stated that the prompt response of the Agency’s Dolphin Response Team from Igando and the efficient coordination of other responders at the incident scene curtailed the spread of fire to adjoining buildings.
He also added that no life was lost and no injuries were recorded as a result of the incident.
The Permanent Secretary remarked that preliminary investigations could not ascertain the cause of the fire at the time of reporting this incident.
