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Fire destroys three duplex houses in Egbeda
Three duplex houses were burnt on 34 Road, B Close, Gowon Estate, Egbeda, Lagos on Friday night. No causality was however recorded.
An eyewitness reported that the fire was first noticed at about 7.15 p.m in one of the duplex houses before spreading to the others.
He said that an occupant in one of the duplexes, who had just returned, opened the door and met the raging fire;
He immediately raised an alarm which attracted neighbours and sympathisers.
According to the witness, the disturbed occupant’s action prompted the others residents in the area to move into action and made efforts to put out the fire. There efforts seemed not to be enough though, as the fire eventually spread to other surrounding buildings.
But the arrival and efforts of a combined team of Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) and State Fire Service officials to the scene helped to quench the fire.
Some of the residents commended the early arrival of the LASEMA personnel, saying that they got to the scene 30 minutes after they were called.
“They came with five trucks, all with sufficient water that tackled the inferno before it was finally put-off,’’ the Community Development Association (CDA) Chairman, Mr Nathanel Okoro, said.
He also praised the DPO of the Gowon Estate Police Station, Mr Adeniyi Adedeji, for personally leading his team to the scene to provide security.
The police led the LASEMA official to the locate distressed houses.
A LASEMA officer, who identified himself as Mr Olaolu Odufuwa said that the cause of the fire could not be ascertained immediately.
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