Fire guts LASU Senate Building, seven offices affected

The Senate Building of the Lagos State University located on the main campus in Ojo, Lagos, was gutted by fire on Friday.

The fire was said to have affected about seven offices –  Directorate of Internal Audit, Bursar’s office, Risk Insurance & Investment, Bursar Mini Registry & Reception, Payroll & Pension Unit; Budget & Budgetary Control and Deputy Director Office.

A preliminary report from the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency showed that the fire started in the Directorate of Internal Audit (Property management unit) office located on the 4th floor of the building.

The agency’s response team stated that the immediate cause was due to power surge which emanated from the said office, adding that the electric inverter from the office led to the incident.

The Permanent Secretary, LASEMA, Dr. Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, said while no lives were lost, the directorate office was grossly affected by the inferno.

He said, “The fire damage has extended to some of the ceiling claddings. The fire was promptly put out by the Lagos Fire Service and agency responders.”

“A post disaster risk assessment is ongoing with a view at identifying any potential hazards and secondary incident.”

LASEMA boss said after the post disaster risk was conducted, it was concluded that “there is no threat of any possible ignition to any of the office.”

“The members of staff were sensitized on safety and precautionary measures needed to avoid such incident,” he added.

Daily Trust