ANARCHY AS LOADED WAREHOUSE BURST UP IN HYSTERIC FLAMES

Four days after a major fire incident at Dillion Street/ Okoduwa Street, another hell was let loose in Kirikiri town as a fully stocked ware house belonging to Henry&Henry limited burst up in uncontrollable flames. The warehouse was stocked to brim with bicycle tubes and tires, motorcycle tubes and tires, peddler fitting chromes, machinery parts, and other expensive spare parts items.

The fire started at about 3:22pm WAT with only a visible smoke and fire alarm voices were heard inside the warehouse. In few minutes, the smoke turned into a raging inferno without discipline even after the staff had exhausted their fire extinguishers all to no avail.

As usual, there was hasty response from the combined fire service team of Swift Oil Depot, Techno Oil Depot, Fatgbems Oil Depot, Bovas Oil Depot, Nigerian Port Authority (NPA) terminal and Lagos state fire service but their effort only infuriated the fire.

The entire able bodied men and CDA youth in Kirikiri town assisted the fire fighters exhibiting several extraordinary stunts such as breaking the walls and fences, prevention of further spreading to nearby buildings and unified retrieval of yet to be cremated items all in a bid to contain the fire.

Speaking with the head of the fire service team Isolo/Oshodi fire station Mr. Olusoya Taiwo, he said when they received the distress call they responded swiftly. When they arrived, they radioed Ilupeju fire station for reinforcement.

“When we received the call, we came immediately to the rescue. We found out that the fire was immeasurable. We radioed Ilupeju fire station for reinforcement immediately and the came. We were here with all our full fighting equipment, chemicals and a 10,000 liter capacity vehicle same as Ilupeju station. We used Techno Oil Depot as our water replenishing point and we won’t leave here until the fire has been total extinguished” Mr. Olusoya spoke to Kirikiri News

However, the actual cause of the fire is still unknown and the police are running investigations.

A staff of the company disclosed to Kirikiri News that they were inside the warehouse when sights of smoke and smell of a burning material was perceived.

“When I saw the smoke I started shouting ‘fire’ and I alerted my co-workers. We all panicked. We were all confused. After some minutes the whole place began to burn. I cried. It was just like a movie. I don’t know how the fire started and I cannot even imagine it” the female staff said.

The GM of Henry& Henry LTD (name withheld) said he cannot say anything now and all he needs was for the fire to be put out first so they can ascertain the damage, and root cause of the fire. The CEO of the Company arrived at the warehouse after an hour the fire started. With a folded arm he watched the warehouse burn and with a deep sigh, he entered his vehicle and drove off.

About NGN5BN worth of goods and properties were reported to have been lost in the completely wrecked company warehouse.

Terrified Residents living close to the warehouse already packed up their belongings and documents then headed for a safe spot and children were seen with their parents running for their lives. There was no loss of life in the fire incident.

“Sighting two major recent fire incidents in the span of four days In Kirikiri town community, In the eventual case when any of the seven oil depot tank farms goes ablaze, there might be little or nothing done to contain the catastrophe as the entire oil depot fire service team are not well trained in the art of firefighting. I think this year should be termed REVELATION 2015” A top safety official disclosed to Kirikiri News.

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