No fewer than 36 houses
have been consumed by an raging inferno after a diesel-laden truck crashed and
burst into flame in the Idimu, Egbe Idimu Local Council Development Area of
Lagos shortly around 12.10am on Saturday.
Details of the crash
are still sketchy but emergency agencies said on Saturday that it was too early
to know if any one died in the inferno, which was said to have been fueled by
the contents of the tanker, which spilled and spread along the road and its environs
after it crashed.
The South-West Public
Relations Officer of the National Emergency Management Agency, Ibrahim
Farinloye, told Punch's correspondent on the telephone that the response of the
residents when the fire started, helped to avert a loss of lives in the crash.
Farinloye added, “That
is exactly what we have been preaching during our grassroots sensitisation
programme. Our training is in how people should respond when there is an
emergency. The residents should be commended for their response; they evacuated
immediately the fire started. This was what averted what would have been a tragedy
and we believe that others should emulate them.
“About 36 houses were
affected, but we thank God no one died. I can tell you that the situation has
been brought under control.”
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