Teπsion As Hotel Workers Burπt To Death
No fewer than four workers were burnt beyond recognition in a fire that gutted a lounge and bar on Baale Road, Olodi Apapa, Lagos State.
The fire incident occurred early Sunday morning, leading to the total destruction of the facility.
The tragic fire came just as two persons were killed in a collapsed fence in the Ejigbo area of Lagos on Saturday.
The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed both incidents on Monday.
“At about 7:50 a.m. on Sunday, a distress call was received at the station that around 7:45 a.m., fire gutted the lounge and bar,” Hundeyin stated.
He explained that a team of policemen and firefighters were swiftly mobilised to the scene.
“The fire, which affected the whole building, was eventually put out,” Hundeyin added.
“Investigation revealed that four yet-to-be identified staff of the company got burnt beyond recognition in the fire. Their corpses were evacuated to Infectious Disease Hospital (IDH) morgue at Yaba.”
Similarly, not fewer than two out of three victims of a collapsed fence in Ejigbo died from the injuries they sustained.
Hundeyin noted, “A distress call was received around 10:30 a.m. that a fence of a school at Apano Street, off Nurudeen Street, Ejigbo, collapsed on three persons identified as Amaka, 30, Etim, 38, and Emmanuel, 12.”
All three victims were walking home under heavy rain when the fence collapsed.
“The victims sustained serious wounds and were rushed to Isolo General Hospital while they were unconscious. Etim and Emmanuel were both confirmed dead by the doctors, while Amaka is receiving treatment,” he added.
