A fire incident which occurred at  Foundation Close, Opebi, in the Ikeja area of Lagos State, reportedly claimed the life of a 60-year-old man identified simply as Monday, who reportedly slept off while cooking.

It was gathered that the man's properties was destroyed by the fire which razed down his residence, after he slept off while he was preparing food on the gas cooker. Punch reported that the effort of officials of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency and the Lagos State Fire Service who responded to a distress call, prevented the incident from escalating.

The victim’s corpse was discovered after the fire was put out and was taken away by officials of the State Environmental Health Monitoring Unit.

“When emergency workers arrived at the scene,  they discovered that a residential apartment was involved. Investigation showed that the resident of the apartment slept off while cooking" a source said.

Few months ago it was reported that an overnight fire killed a family of four, simply identified as Eze’s family, at No. 13, Buraimoh street, Bariga area of Lagos.

The Director of Lagos State Fire Service, Mr Rasak Fadipe, who confirmed the incident said the incident occurred at about 2.48 a.m.

He said personnel of the service got to the scene of the incident as soon as they got information about the fire, but that due to the double burglary irons on the door and window of the apartment, they were unable to reach the victims in time.

“The apartment is a chemist store. The father, mother, and two children of ages five and eight were found dead inside the store.

“We advise that although one needs security in his or her house or business place, it should not be to the detriment of the people.

“Members of the family should always know the exist of their apartment whenever there is an emergency,” the director said.

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Lalasticlala

VP= Village people
Once they have determined your fate and destiny, there's nothing you can do about it

May his soul find favour before his creator- RIP
Modified:
FTC on village people matter!
I thank my village people for their understanding.

May his soul Rest in Peace.

So sad.

So sad the man had to die through hell before tasting the real hell.

na wa o

The dead man told u this

60 years...

Any way, RIP

what a world ................. RIP

RIP

So sad

Eyah painful death.

60yrs?? It's okay

Install smoke and carbon monoxide alarms.......... Simples.....

I wonder how they knew he was cooking.

How did they know he slept off?

Lexusgs430:
Install smoke and carbon monoxide alarms.......... Simples.....

Bros all those ones dey wake person from sleep??

Awful

Gas Safety Tips Everyone Should Know

Stress and hunger killed nigerian since 18BC RIP to Monday

So sad.

The man must have been very tired

Anigreat:




So sad the man had to die through hell before tasting the real hell.

well he was living in hell already tho...so he's used to it

Ok

60-year-old man.

was he living alone?

Rip. Can't thank God enough for the number of times he has saved me from burning the house and myself, after coming back from work late at night and trying to fix dinner only to sleep off and wake up later on with everything in the pot totally black like I was preparing burnt offering for God. Sometimes when I'm that tired, I just sleep off to prevent such incidents.

1miccza:


Bros all those ones dey wake person from sleep??

The sound of the alarm can even wake a dead man.

What did I just read

family life is key

u cant be a bachelor forever

if not why will a 60 year old be cooking for himself

Lexusgs430:
Install smoke and carbon monoxide alarms.......... Simples.....

Nigerians will not, except it becomes a law to install smoke detectors in all apartments.