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Tragedy Strikes Lagos: Fireplace Claims 4 Lives, Fence Collapse Kills Two in Separate Incidents
Lagos, Nigeria – In a devastating weekend for Lagos State, no fewer than 4 employees have been burnt past recognition in a hearth that engulfed a lounge and bar on Baale Street, Olodi Apapa, whereas two others misplaced their lives in a separate incident involving a collapsed fence in Ejigbo.
The tragic hearth, which occurred within the early hours of Sunday morning, fully destroyed the lounge and bar, leaving nothing however charred stays. In line with the Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, a misery name was acquired at round 7:50 a.m., and cops together with firefighters have been swiftly dispatched to the scene.
“At about 7:50 a.m. on Sunday, a misery name was acquired on the station that round 7:45 a.m., hearth gutted the lounge and bar,” Hundeyin mentioned. Regardless of the firefighters’ efforts, your entire constructing was consumed by flames, ensuing within the deaths of 4 yet-to-be-identified employees members. Their our bodies have been later moved to the Infectious Illness Hospital (IDH) morgue in Yaba for identification.
This heartbreaking hearth coincided with one other deadly incident within the Ejigbo space of Lagos on Saturday. A fence at a college on Apano Road, off Nurudeen Road, collapsed throughout heavy rainfall, killing two individuals and injuring a 3rd. The victims, recognized as Amaka, 30, Etim, 38, and Emmanuel, 12, have been strolling dwelling when the wall crumbled on them.
Hundeyin confirmed, “A misery name was acquired round 10:30 a.m. {that a} fence of a college at Apano Road, off Nurudeen Road, Ejigbo, collapsed on three individuals. They sustained severe accidents and have been rushed to Isolo Normal Hospital whereas unconscious.”
Sadly, Etim and Emmanuel have been declared lifeless by medical personnel, whereas Amaka stays in vital situation and is receiving remedy on the hospital.
Authorities have launched investigations into each incidents, with security issues now heightened within the affected areas.
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