The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency has advised residents of the state to observe safety standards during the festive season. LASEMA’s General Manager, FEMI OKE-OSAYINTOLU, particularly said people should be careful when handling electrical appliances, petroleum products, and cooking gas. The LASEMA General Manager said the advice becomes necessary because wrong handling of such items can cause…
Emergency response officials have blocked a ruptured gas pipeline around the Arepo area of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. Lasgidi FM News Desk gathered that the emergency responders moved in after an explosion caused panic in the area on Wednesday, December 16, 2020. General Manager of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, FEMI OKE-OSYINTOLU, said the incident happened at…
Members of the public have been advised against buying petrol from touts around Mile Two and Festac Town areas of Lagos State. This is because such petrol could have been scooped from the scene of an accident involving a petrol tanker near the Festac Link Bridge. The General Manager of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, FEMI-OKE…
The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, has commenced assessment of the impact of a fire disaster at Oko-Baba community in Ebute-Metta. LASEMA General Manager, FEMI-OKE OSANYINTOLU, said the assessment would help to determine the number of people who were affected by the fire disaster last night. OSAYINTOLU made this known in a telephone interview with Lasgidi…
A section of the Oando Petrol Tank Farm at Marine Beach area of Apapa in Lagos has been destroyed by fire. The scale of the fire is said to be small, and emergency responders were immediately moved in to contain the spread. The General Manager of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, FEMI-OKE OSAYINTOLU, confirmed the incident…
A petrol tanker burst into flames in the early hours of Thursday, October 29, 2020, and destroyed several other trucks packed by the roadside around the Mile Two area of Lagos. The incident happened around 1AM, and the fire was put out after several hours by a combined team of emergency responders. The General Manager of the…