One feared dead in Lagos house fire
The razed building at Dopemu in Lagos
Published By: Paul Dada
The upper floor of a storey building consisting of four flats of two bedrooms located at 49, Ogunjebe Street, Adealu Bus Stop, Dopemu-Agege, Lagos was on Monday morning, engulfed by fire with one person feared dead.
The Director of Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, Margaret Adeseye, who disclosed this in a statement, said the person who was trapped in the fire was a male adult.
She said, “We received a distress call at about 04:56hrs of a fire outbreak at 49, Ogunjebe Street, Adealu Bus Stop, Dopemu-Agege, Lagos. It is a Fire met well alight at the upper floor of a storey building consisting of four flats of two bedrooms used as residents. The Fire was however confined to the rear flat at the upper floor where it emanated before eventually being put out.
“The building is a two-bedroom flat with household contents in it and one male adult was recovered (suspected dead).”
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“The supposed cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained as fire fighting operation has been concluded while the investigation is ongoing to unravel the cause of the fire.”