{"id":320,"date":"2025-07-02T13:47:01","date_gmt":"2025-07-02T13:47:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tona.today\/?p=320"},"modified":"2025-07-02T13:47:03","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T13:47:03","slug":"fuel-station-fire-didnt-start-from-my-house-lagos-landlady","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tona.today\/?p=320","title":{"rendered":"Fuel station fire didn\u2019t start from my house \u2013 Lagos landlady"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A Lagos landlady, Mrs. Gloria Unazoi, has stated that the recent fire recorded at a fuel station located on Old Akute Road in the Obawole area of Ifako-Ijaiye Local Government Area of Lagos State did not start from her building.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unazoi said this in a letter dated June 26, 2025, and made available to PUNCH Online on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Asake - Organise (Official Video)\" width=\"980\" height=\"551\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_u4_iWCvZ5c?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The letter, signed by her lawyers, Bodunde Bankole and Co through Adedapo Adepegba, was reacting to an earlier story that quoted the Senior Special Assistant on New Media to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Jubril Gawat, as saying that, \u201cOur people are on the ground; it seems the fire started from a building behind the filling station.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But Unazoi said her building is the one behind the filling station, and the fire did not start from there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The letter read, \u201cWe can categorically state and prove that the fire did not start from the building behind the filling station, which is our client\u2019s building.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe fire started as a result of the mishandling of the process of discharging premium motor spirit from the tanker into the underground tank at the filling station.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhen a similar incident happened in 2023, on the instruction of our client, we wrote to the owner of the filling station to put in place enough safeguards that would minimise the effects of a possible fire outbreak, if not outright prevention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe said owner failed, neglected, and refused to do so. It was his refusal, failure, and neglect that caused the fire incident and not any fault of our client or her tenant in the building, who have suffered extensive damage to their belongings.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to eyewitnesses, the incident occurred at about 4 pm on\u2026, after a sudden blast rocked the facility, attracting passers-by and residents around K Farms Estate in the council area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Residents alleged that the inferno started from the underground fuel tanks before spreading to other parts of the station, which prompted the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service to barricade the entrance to prevent human interference in the rescue operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Spokesperson for the Lagos Fire and Rescue Service, Shakiru Amodu, said that the inferno was immediately curtailed from spreading to adjoining\u00a0property. <a href=\"https:\/\/punchng.com\/fuel-station-fire-didnt-start-from-my-house-lagos-landlady\/\">(Punch)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Lagos landlady, Mrs. Gloria Unazoi, has stated that the recent fire recorded at a fuel station located on Old Akute Road in the Obawole area of Ifako-Ijaiye Local Government Area of Lagos State did not start from her building. 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