Lagos State Director of Fire Services, Rasaq Fadipe, says no life is lost in the fire incident at the NAFDAC office in Oshodi, Lagos.
Fadipe also said nobody was injured in the incident, saying five water trucks were deployed to the scene immediately his men were alerted to put out the fire.
According to him, it is not NAFDAC warehouse that was burnt, saying the fire occurred in a container loaded with some tyres, drugs and other items.
In his account, General Manager, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, Adesina Tiamiyu, said full investigation into the cause of the fire would be carried out by the appropriate authorities.
Tiamiyu said on the spot investigation showed that the inferno started from the power house, saying other buildings including administrative building which house the central laboratory complex of the agency were salvaged by the combined team of his agency and Lagos State Fire Services.
He said officials of NAFDAC also rendered necessary support for the intervention, saying the fire was put under control as damping exercise was on going.
