Fire engulfed and burnt three duplexes in Gowon Estate Lagos

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It was sad to start of the weekend when the fire turned on and burned three duplexes at 34 Road, B Close, Gowon Estate, Egbeda in Lagos on Friday night. However, no causality was noted.

The anecdote, who claimed he was on fire, told reporters and said the fire was first recorded at about 7:15pm on one of the duplex before spreading to the other.

He said that one tenant in one of the duplexes, who just returned, opened the door and was furious with the fire;

Immediately an alarm began to attract neighbors and sympathizers.

According to the witness, the disturbed action has prompted other residents of the area to act and try to extinguish the fire. Still, it seems that they were not enough effort, as the fire later spread to other surrounding buildings.

However, the arrival and effort of a combined team of representatives of the emergency response agency in Lagos (LASEMA) and the national fire brigade service on the spot helped to extinguish the fire.

Some of the residents commended the early arrival of the LASEMA personnel, saying that they got to the scene 30 minutes after they were called.

“They came with five trucks, all with sufficient water that tackled the inferno before it was finally put-off,’’ the Community Development Association (CDA) Chairman, Mr Nathanel Okoro, said.

He also praised the DPO of the Gowon Estate Police Station, Mr Adeniyi Adedeji, for personally leading his team to the scene to provide security.

The police led the LASEMA official to the locate distressed houses.

A LASEMA officer, who identified himself as Mr Olaolu Odufuwa said that the cause of the fire could not be ascertained immediately.

The estate had also recorded a late night inferno late last year when about eight shops attached to a Union Bank building on 411 Road Junction got totally burnt

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