According to the Federal Fire Service Zone F, in August, properties worth N1.5 billion were shielded from fire in the area.
The Assistant Controller General and Zonal Commander in charge of the Zone, Mr Chika Njoku, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos on Thursday.
NAN reports that the zone comprises Lagos, Oyo, and Ogun states.
Njoku said that the zone had 22 fire calls within the period under review with 13 successfully put out, and 20 persons saved during the operations.
He said that within the same month, properties estimated at N384.1 million were lost to fire in the three states, adding that Lagos had the highest fire incidents with 14 cases, where 12 persons were saved.
He said nine other persons were rescued from other disasters, while properties estimated at about N345 million were reportedly lost and N1.2 billion items were also saved.
Njoku said Oyo had eight fire cases, with eight lives saved from the incidents, eight others rescued from other disasters, with N38.4 million estimated properties lost to fire, while more than N296 million others were saved.
The ACG said no discharge episode occurred in Ogun and no life was lost to shoot from the states in August.
As per the ACG, there were less fire brings in August 2023 than in August 2022 because of some proactive drive in different illumination addresses on media and different means to individuals from people in general on causes and counteraction of fire flare-ups.
“This was caused conceivable because of collaboration and working relationship we to have worked over the course of the years with our sister organizations to help us in stifling fire in regions where we were unable to arrive at on time.”
Njoku noticed that in August 2022, the zone recorded 39 discharge episodes, with Lagos recording 30 cases, Ogun five, and Oyo State recording four.
He said properties estimated at N352.6 million were lost during that period, while others worth about N2.2 billion were saved.
The zonal commander said within that period, 11 persons were saved during fire operations, with eight others rescued from other disasters in Lagos State.
He added that properties estimated at N245,370,000 million were lost and about N780,300,000 million estimated properties saved in 2022.
Njoku said five discharge cases were kept in Ogun, while properties assessed at N65 million were lost and others assessed at N1.2 billion saved.
He said Oyo State recorded four fire episodes, one demise, properties assessed at N42 million lost, and about N172 million different properties saved.
