No fewer than 79 people
died in different fire disasters in Lagos State between January and November,
according to the state Fire Service.
This
is contained in a statement by the spokesman of the service, Mr Amodu Shakiru
on Friday in Lagos.
The
service also rescued 99 victims from 1,638 fire operations recorded by the
service within the period.
It
stated that property estimated at N16.38 billion were lost in the incidents.
According
to the statement, properties estimated at N98.28 billion were saved during the
fire operations in the period under review.
“Out
of the 1,638 fire operations recorded, there were 1,356 fire calls, 113 rescue
calls, 11 building collapse cases and 158 false calls.
“The
victims rescued alive were 99 and victims recovered suspected dead were 79.’’
-Vanguard
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