Following the spate of fire combated in several locations in Lagos on Friday by LASEMA, residents of Mushin suffered a rude awakening Saturday morning when the Amu timber market fire broke out past midnight.
The fire outbreak which was reported about 01:25a.m through distress calls to LASEMA’s Control Room via 767, was curtailed by virtually all First Responders and the RRS in place and at work.
The First Responders had long been at work since about 02:00a.m, inspite of the rumors spreading that the Fire Services responded without water in their appliances, with claims that the curtailed Fire was still raging and spreading fast.
Situation Report on the Fire Outbreak at Amu Timber Market in Mushin by the LASEMA Response Teams had it that, upon arrival at incident scene, it was observed that many plank shops and adjoining residential buildings were gutted by the raging fire.
Further investigations at the incident site revealed that the fire was caused by an electrical surge. Though an actual amount of damage wrought by the fire can not yet be ascertained until proper enumeration is conducted after the fire is extinguished, conservative estimates and tentative analysis has it that the inferno has razed goods and properties worth several hundreds of millions of naira.
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However, no loss of lives has so far been attributed to the inferno, aside fainting fits by four adult male traders, nor has any responder sustained any injuries despite the hindrance caused by miscreants who are bent on constituting a problem with their unsolicited assistance.
The inferno was combated by combined efforts of LASEMA Fire Unit with two fire trucks, Julius Berger Fire Response Unit with two fire trucks and a Water Tanker, the Lagos State Fire Service with two fire trucks, the Federal Fire Service, the RRS, LNSC and the community.
The fire has finally been extinguished completely this morning, while Dampening Down has since commenced after all fire trucks and their reserve tanks have been refilled to ensure this phase of the operation is quickly attained in preparation for the final phase of clearing and evacuation.
As the Amu Timber and Building Materials market operations progresses, LASEMA has prepared it’s heavy duty equipment to commence further operations on the incident site in the final phase of clearing and evacuation.
