Bethlehem Girls’ College administrator dies while rescuing students in Lagos explosion vanguardnews
Late Rev. Sr. Henrietta Alokha rescued all the children under her care from the explosion and could not make it herself.Meanwhile, Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, the Director-General Lagos State Emergency Management Agency , has said that 17 bodies have been recovered while 25 casualties are being treated for injuries sustained in the Abule-Ado explosion.Oke-Osanyintolu made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos on Sunday.
According to him, we sympathise with the families of those that died, wish the injured ones quick recovery and we also appeal for calm.“We the LASEMA Response Team arrived at the incident scene and it was discovered that a raging fire had displaced several residents who fled their abodes for fear of being caught up in the inferno.
“The causes are yet to be determined, while security agents are investigating the cause of the explosion,” Oke-Osanyintolu said. He said that recovery and rescue activities were carried out by the Ministry of Special Duties, LASEMA, Lagos State Fire Service crew, Federal Fire Service Department, Safety Commission, Lagos State Building Control Agency and other first responders.
He said that operation was still in progress, saying that updates would continue through the course of operation, while investigations remain ongoing.All rights reserved. This material and any other digital content on this platform may not be reproduced, published, broadcast, written or distributed in full or in part, without written permission from
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