National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, has given further update on the Lagos, Fire Inferno, as it said that one person died in the Lagos explosion. Ibrahim Farinloye, the NEMA South-West spokesperson, said that one person died from the explosion, while 40 others sustained minor injuries.
Meanwhile 10 houses mostly three-storey buildings –were severely destroyed by the explosion in the Idumota area of Lagos.
However, Philemon Lada Deputy Inspector General of police said that, fire started in a shop that is not permitted to store the explosives, said Philemon Leha, Deputy Inspector General of the Nigerian police. Meanwhile Yushau A. Shuaib, a spokesman for the Nigeria’s National Emergency Management Agency, said firefighters, Red Cross volunteers and citizens who volunteered to help suffered injuries.
Shuaib said it took firefighters more than two hours to contain the blaze. He said it spread quickly because of cramped spaces, poor infrastructure and sweltering heat.
