On Tuesday, a section of Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, Oshodi, Lagos was engulfed in fire.
Confirming the incident in a statement, titled ‘Minor fire incident at LASTMA headquarters’, Filade Olumide, Assistant Director, Public Affairs, who quoted Olajide Oduyoye, the General Manager of LASTMA as saying:
” There was a minor fire incident at the LASTMA Headquarters today, which emanated from a faulty air-conditioner on the second floor of the building.”
“Immediately the fire was noticed from the air-conditioner; the headquarters staff, following the past fire drill training, evacuated from the building to a muster point where headcounts were taken.
“Some of the staff trained in proper fire drill used the fire extinguishers located on all the floors of the building to douse the fire before the fire service officials were invited through a telephone call.”
He thereby thanked the firemen and all the staff who were quick to avert the damage the fire would have caused.
