Pascal Arogorn Ibe
Tragedy struck in Lagos State on Wednesday
when fire gutted a branch of Access Bank on
Ademola Adetokunbo Street in Victoria Island, Lagos.
The fire started from a diesel-laden truck and a car on the bank’ s premises .
Crimefacts gathered the diesel-laden truck was offloading diesel for the generators of the bank when it caught fire in the process .
While the diesel truck and the car had been completely razed by the fire , emergency responders salvaged the situation by preventing the fire from escalating .
Confirming the incident , the General Manager , LASEMA , Olufemi Oke- Osanyintolu , said , “ On arrival at the incident scene, it was observed that a fully loaded 33, 000 litres diesel tanker with number plate AKD 637 XP and a car stationed beside it with number plate AKD 234 FA were completely ravaged by the fire .
“ Investigation conducted at the scene revealed that the tanker was dispensing diesel for the uses of generators in the bank premises and inadvertently caught fire.
“ A combined intervention of the emergency responders , LASEMA Response Team , Eko Hotel, LASG fire , UBA Fire Service, and Federal Fire are able to arrest the fire and stop it from escalating to further the building in the premises .
“ No loss of life recorded, damping down ongoing.
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