Outbreak
Fire outbreak in National theatre, no loss of life. A fire broke out Saturday night inside the National Council of Arts and Culture’s office at the National Theatre Complex in Iganmu, Lagos, killing no one.
However, four cows and three goats kept nearby were killed as a result of the incident.
Mr Amodu Shakiru, Director of Public Affairs for the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, verified this in an interview on Sunday.
According to Shakiru, the fire was started by a gas cylinder explosion and nearly spread to the Artistes Village in Iganmu.
“Property destroyed includes four cows and three goats, which are believed to have died as a result of the fire.” Firefighters arrived to put out the flame, and our men worked with others to totally extinguish it.
“The said property belongs to the National Council of Arts and Culture, located opposite Artistes Village. “There are no human casualties,” he said.
In another news
nother fire incident destroyed shops and goods worth millions of naira at Ebony Road in the Orazi axis of Port Harcourt, Rivers State capital on Friday.
The latest outbreak is the seventh in December alone.
One of the victims simply identified as Okeke, lamented that all the goods in his shop were destroyed.
“I have two extinguishers. I had to run immediately to see what I could do. I emptied the liquid content of my extinguisher. I took the second one the same thing, it was finished and the fire was still on.