No fewer than 934 houses were gutted by fire in
Lagos State between January and October 2012. One hundred and ninety five
persons died in the fire incidents.
However, the state Fire Service said it was able
to save properties worth N146bn from being destroyed.
A report from the service, which gave the
statistics, added that 12 buildings collapsed within the period.
The report explained that although the service
got 1,193 fire calls in 10 months, 259 of them were false calls, while 934 were
authentic.
It added that the 195 persons that died included
156 people that were recorded dead in the June 3 Dana airplane crash.
The report also showed that there were 70 rescue
calls, saying 47 victims were rescued alive.
A breakdown of the fire incidents showed that 137
houses were gutted in January, 166 in February, 172 in March and 127 in April.
In May, there were 136 cases of fire, 92 in June,
88 in July, 95 in August, 92 in September and 88 in October.
The report also showed that properties estimated
at N20.7bn were saved in January, N20.9bn in February, N22.8bn in March,
N21.8bn in April and N23.3bn in May.
In June, the state fire service said it saved
properties worth N8.2bn, N6.96bn in July, N5.7m in August, N7.4bn in September
and N8.2bn in October.
The report indicated that three people died in
fire incidents in January, eight in February, 10 in March, and one in April.
The 156 official figures of victims of Dana crash
were the deaths recorded in June. In July, there was one death as a result of
fire, two in August, three in September and six in October.
The fire service recorded 19 false calls in
January, 29 in February, 42 in March, 27 in April, 25 in May, 30 in June, 22 in
July, 11 in August, 19 in September and 35 in October.
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