Two warehouses belonging to Guinness PLC was engulfed with fire in Ogba, Lagos, on Thursday morning,
According to a press statement put out by Lagos State Fire Service, the fire started at about 3 am.
LASG Fire Service’s Acting Head, Mrs. Margaret Adeseye confirmed in the statement saying, “A distress call was received at about 0330hrs to Wemco Road, Ogba where it was discovered on arrival that twin warehouses belonging to Guinness PLC was on fire”.
She said that immediately the call was received firefighters, from Alausa and Ilupeju Stations, were deployed to the scene of the incident.
Adeseye added that the cause of the inferno that gutted the warehouses, which are used for storing plastic containers and bottles, is yet to be ascertained at the moment.
It is reported that the rescue operations by the firefighters to put off the fire is already at the conclusion stage, no deaths or injuries have been recorded at the moment.
More details to follow.
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