JUST IN: Fire Guts Residential Building In Ikoyi

A residential building on Ilabere Road in the Ikoyi region of Lagos State was destroyed early Wednesday.

Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, the Permanent Secretary of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, said this in a statement on Wednesday.

He claimed that as soon as the fire incident was reported, personnel from the LASEMA reaction team were dispatched to the spot.

Oke-Osanyintolu went on to say that LASEMA was working with the Lagos State Fire Service to keep the fire from spreading to nearby structures.

“The agency has activated its response plan to the above location. A combined team of agency LRT and the Lagos State Fire Service are taking immediate action to quell the residential fire which appears to be spreading rapidly to adjoining properties,” the statement read.

There has been no report of any casualty to the fire at the time of filing this report.

Details later…