Lagos dismisses threat of fire outbreak in Aboru, Iyana Ipaja
25 July 2023 |
11:33 pm
Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service (LSFRS), yesterday, dismissed claims of threat of fire outbreak in Ipaja and Aboru area of the state. The Service, in a statement by its Director, Margaret Adeseye, was reacting to a circulated video, alleging pipeline vandalism...
Warns against false alarm
Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service (LSFRS), yesterday, dismissed claims of threat of fire outbreak in Ipaja and Aboru area of the state. The Service, in a statement by its Director, Margaret Adeseye, was reacting to a circulated video, alleging pipeline vandalism and raising concerns of a possible fire disaster in the area.
She said: “A three minutes, 50 seconds video has been trending since Monday evening, July 24, on a purported pipeline vandalism around Aboru area of Ipaja, Lagos.
“A male voiceover in the video is alerting the authority of the state to come to the community’s rescue in averting the imminent danger they are prone to, if it results in a fire outburst.
“Members of the public, especially residents of Aboru, Iyana-Ipaja are advised to ignore the unfounded rumour and go about their businesses as there is no pipeline vandalism that might result in imminent fire outbreak in the area.
“The Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service has conducted a thorough investigation and has found out that the trending video was an incident that happened on October 30, 2020, which was properly managed.
“The Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service wishes to plead with members of the public to refrain from raising false alarms either on social media or using the emergency numbers of the state.”
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