Below is the Press statement by the
management of the Ikeja City Mall on the fire incident at the mall this
morning.
The management of the Ikeja City
Mall is very grateful to the great people of Lagos State and the emergency
services that responded to the fire incident that occurred this morning (15
January 2013) at about 11:15 in one of the stores, Mr. Price.
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The fire, according to Mr. Steve Idornigie the Operations
Manager of the ICM, Mr. Price store manager reported the incident to him and
emergency staff responded immediately.
On what caused the fire, Mr. Steve said from preliminary
investigations, it seems the fire emanated from an electric power point.
However investigations, he said, are ongoing to ascertain the cause of the
fire.
“The process of evacuation was
swift,” he said. “The customers conducted themselves in an orderly fashion and
allowed the emergency services people to do their work.”
“In terms of damage, no goods were
lost neither was anyone injured. However some clothes got wet as a result of
the water from the men of the Federal Fire Service. We would like to thank them
for their professionalism and valiance, along with the men of Lagos State
Emergency Service, National Emergency Agency, the Lagos State Traffic
Management Agency and the Civil Defense.”
Mr. Idornigie assured the customers
and tenants that Ikeja City Mall would be reopened for business at 3pm today.
Fire incidents in Lagos has been a recoccuring factor,the question is ''what is our govt doing about it?''
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