BUSINESS owners and residents of a storey building in the Ikotun area of the Igando-Ikotun LCDA in Alimosho LGA have escaped death following an explosion that rocked the building on Thursday, November 17, 2022.
According to media reports, the intensity of the explosion also led to the collapse of the building. The incident occurred at about 6.20 pm at 17, Obalabi Street, off Governors Road, Ikotun. However, there were no injuries or loss of life.
It was learnt that firefighters from two different stations immediately attended to the scene after distress calls.
The occupants of the building were said to have escaped to safer places on noticing that fire has erupted from the penthouse of the building and this later resulted in an explosion which destroyed property worth millions of Naira.
Adeseye Margaret, the Director of the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service who confirmed the incident said, on arrival, the fire was much but was well attended to.
According to her, it resulted in an explosion due to the volatile furniture materials traded on the ground floor of the two-storey – penthouse building, adding that there was no loss of life.
“The explosion from the chemical-induced materials consequently resulted in the collapse of the building,” she confirmed.
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