The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) has said the gas pipeline fire that occurred along Agege Motor Road, Ile Zik inward Agege, has been successfully extinguished, with no casualty recorded.

The Head of Public Affairs, LASEMA, Mr Olawale Afolabi, confirmed the development to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Lagos.

He said the incident involved a gas pipeline belonging to the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd.).

He said the LASEMA Eagle Response Team arrived at the scene at about 3:13 a.m. following distress calls received through the 767 and 112 emergency toll-free lines.

According to him, responders met the gas pipeline engulfed in flames on arrival, while the cause of the incident is still under investigation.

Afolabi said no life was lost and no injury was recorded, attributing the outcome to the swift evacuation of residents and the immediate establishment of safety perimeters around the affected area.

He said a combined emergency response involving the LASEMA Response Team (LRT), LASEMA Response Unit (LRU) firefighters and the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service successfully contained and extinguished the inferno.

“The gas pipeline valve was shut, while the inferno was successfully extinguished through the combined efforts of the LRT, LRU firefighters and the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service,” he said.

Afolabi added that the operation had been concluded successfully and all emergency responders had returned to base safely.

He said the Permanent Secretary of LASEMA, Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, assured residents that the situation was under control and that emergency response protocols were fully activated to safeguard lives and property.

Oke-Osanyintolu said the Lagos State Government was working closely with NNPC Ltd. to ensure that the affected pipeline was safely isolated and subjected to integrity checks before being reactivated.

(NAN)