UPDATED: Fire Guts Mega Plastic Industry At Ilupeju In Lagos

The Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, on Saturday, alongside other agencies fought an industrial fire outbreak at Mega Plastic at Ilupeju bypass in the Mushin area of Lagos.

According to the Director of the agency, Margaret Adeseye, the emergency alert was received at 07:26 a.m.

Speaking earlier, she informed that “Ilupeju, Bolade, and Alausa Fire Stations were in attendance for the firefighting operations.

“The storage and factory sections of the petrochemical company were affected as the fire is being curtailed,” said Adeseye.

The intensity of the fire was so much due to the involvement of petrochemical products. However, the emergency responders, through combined efforts, were able to bring the inferno to an end.

Investigation revealed that the fire started from the company’s engineer’s office, who was not around when the inferno started before escalating to the factory and the warehouse.

As a result of the fire outbreak, the storage and factory sections of the petrochemical company were seriously affected, according to the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA).

Aside from the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service and LASTMA, other agencies involved in bringing the inferno to an end include the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Nigeria Police, Federal Fire Service, among others.

Fortunately, no injuries or deaths were recorded in the fire incident.

“Fortunately, no loss of life or injury sustained at the scene. However, the Agency’s Response Team and its Fire Unit led by the Permanent Secretary, Dr. Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, deployed operational strategy centred on containment of the fire after bringing down about two Warehouses.

“The Agency’s LRT alongside LRU fire, Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, LNSC, NPF, Julius Berger, MAN Fire, Federal Fire, and Crown-pack Limited were the Responders at the scene,

“With the furious raging of the fire, all the Agency’s Response Team and other stakeholders remained undeterred and collaborately brought the inferno to an end,” LASEMA said in a statement.