A section of the Christ Embassy Church
on Oregun Road, Ikeja, Lagos, was gutted by fire on Wednesday, destroying some
property of the church.
This is just as goods estimated at
millions of naira were destroyed in an inferno that ravaged the Alaba
International Market, Ojo, the second in less than a week.
Our correspondent learnt that the
Christ Embassy fire started around 9pm after an electrical spark in the switch
room of the church.
The quick response of officials of the
Lagos State Fire Service, however, saved the day.
An official of the agency explained
that the fire was contained within 30 minutes of active firefighting, adding
that no life was lost.
He said, “Around 9.08pm on Wednesday,
we got a call that there was a fire incident in the church. We deployed two
10,000 litres of water from our stations in Ikeja and Alausa. It was discovered
that the fire was on the topmost floor of the church’s three-storeyed building.
“There had been an electrical spark in
the switch room, which triggered off the fire. In about 30 minutes, we put it
out.”
Less than a week after
nine shops were gutted by fire in the Alaba International Market, another fire
destroyed some electronics items in the market on Wednesday.
Three shops were said to have been
affected.
The spokesperson for the Lagos State
Fire Service, Amodu Shakiru, who confirmed the two incidents, appealed to
residents of Lagos to be more safety conscious.
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