The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) has confirmed the rescue of occupants from a fire that broke out on the 11th floor of the Ultimate Apartment in Ikoyi.
The Permanent Secretary of the agency, Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, made this known on Saturday in Lagos.
Oke-Osanyintolu said LASEMA received a distress call at 10:16pm on Friday.
“Following distress calls received through the 767 and 112 toll-free emergency lines at 22.16hrs, LASEMA activated its response teams from Lekki, Onipan and the Command and Control Centre, Alausa.
“On arrival at the incident scene, LASEMA discovered that an eleven-storey building, The Ultimate Apartments was engulfed in fire.
“Further investigations revealed that the fire originated from a room on the 11th floor, but the immediate cause could not be ascertained,” he said.
According to him, while the response teams were preventing the fire from spreading to other apartments within the building, the occupants were also enlightened on the dangers of smoke during fire incidents.
He said no casualties or injuries were recorded at the incident scene, stressing that the fire has been completely extinguished.