Fire guts 2-storey building in Lagos.

A two-storey building at 13, Bashir
Street, Ojodu Local Council Development Area,
LCDA, was Sunday, gutted by fire destroying
property yet to be estimated.
This came barely five days after a three-storey
building under construction on the same street
collapsed, killing two persons and injuring
several workers who were working on the
structure.
Vanguard gathered that the fire, which started at
4pm, was from a gas cooker in a kitchen on the
second floor of the building.
It was also learnt that out of panic, the
occupants of the building jumped through
windows of their apartments to safety.
Confirming the fire incident, the Director of
Lagos State Fire Service, Mr. Rasak Fadipe, who
spoke to Vanguard on phone, said that the fire
may have been caused by the fire from a gas
cooker because a gas cylinder went up in flames
from the kitchen on the second floor.
Fadipe said: "The fire started from the kitchen.
They must have been cooking and left it
unattended to because we found a gas cooker
that was in use in the kitchen of the second
floor."
The director said occupants of the building had
been asked to vacate the premises to avert loss
of lives, adding that the building was no longer
safe for habitation.
He said: "Right now, due to the intensity of the
fire and the impact of the water during the
rescue operation, the building must have been
affected.
"We don't want another tragedy in the place. So
residents have been evacuated.
"The lady that jumped from the top-most floor
had been attended to by sympathisers and other
emergency agencies."
Fadipe appealed to Lagos residents to be safety-
conscious and avoid things that could cause fire
accidents in their homes and at workplaces.