The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, has responded to eight hundred and fifty incidents in six months and seven thousand two hundred and ninety-two cases in five years.

It attended to one hundred and twenty-six incidents across the state in the month of June, saying between January, February, March, April, May it attended six hundred and twenty-four incidents.

Its Permanent Secretary, Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, made this known in a statement saying the totalled to eight hundred and fifty incidents so far in in 2024 and a grand total of seven thousand two hundred and ninety-two cases between 1st June 2019 and 30th June 2024.

Oke-Osanyintolu added that the analysis of the one hundred and twenty-six incidents recorded in the month of June showed that trucks and tankers ranked highest with a record of forty-seven incidents.

“This comprises of 29 accidents, 16 breakdowns, one fallen truck and tanker and one fallen container.

“This includes road accidents comprising of 33 incidents made up of 29 vehicle accidents and three breakdowns

“Medical emergencies comprised of 21 incidents ranked third during the month under review,” he said.

He added that during the month under review, 14 fire disasters comprising of 13 fire outbreaks and one tanker or truck fires ranked fourth.

“This is with various other incidents at fifth position, while building collapse ranked sixth with three incidents comprising of one self-collapsed building.

“Others are one impending collapse and one other, with one recorded flood incident ranking seventh, while oil spillage, explosion and air and train crash categories did not record any incidents during the period,” he said.

He further explained that the analysis of emergency incidents recorded per local government area in the state revealed that Alimosho ranked first with 25 incidents.

“Out of the 20 Local Governments in Lagos State, densely populated Alimosho LG ranks first with 25 incidents during this period.

“Ikeja LG ranks second with 16 incidents, Eti-Osa LG at third place with 15 incidents and Kosofe raked fourth place with 10 incidents.

“Mushin and Oshodi-Isolo LG ranked fifth place with eight incidents each.

“Surulere LG recorded seven emergency incidents, while Agege recorded six incidents. Shomolu recorded five incidents with Apapa, Ifako-Ijaiye, and Lagos Island recording four incidents each,” he said.

He said Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos Mainland and Ajeromi-Ifelodun LG recorded three incidents each.

“Epe and Ikorodu LG recorded the lowest number with two incidents each, and one outside Lagos incident during the period under review,” he said.