A temporary wave of apprehension swept through the prestigious St.
Nicholas Hospital, located at 57 Campbell Street, Lagos Island, on
Sunday when fire broke out in a room on the 9th floor of the health
institution, displacing over 40 patients on admission.
It was learnt that the fire, which lasted for over an hour, was started by an electrical fault.
Firemen said that the fire did not spread to the medical wards.
Confirming
the fire disaster, the Director, Lagos State Fire Service, Mr. Rasak
Fadipe, said the fire service was prompt in responding to the fire
outbreak even as he expressed relief that no life was lost in the
incident.
He said: “We got a distress call around 6.07pm that
there was a fire outbreak at the St. Nicholas Hospital and on getting
there, we observed that smoke was billowing from a legal office on the
9th floor. The smoke was so thick that we had to use breathing apparatus
to access the place.
“Fortunately, the hospital had
firefighting equipment and water pump outlet so we deployed two trucks
from Sari Iganmu and Onikan with 10,000 litres of water. We were able to
put out the fire by 7.15pm”.
culled from Naijacarrygo.com
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