On July 17, 2023, a fire destroyed the Lagos orphanage’s home and saved seven children

On Monday, a fire gutted a three-story orphanage home on Wole Madariola Street inTwo are kidnapped by gunmen in an Abuja community raid at midnight. the Aguda area of Lagos State, rescuing seven children.

In a statement on Monday, the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) revealed that the fire was brought on by a power surge from the building’s air conditioning unit.

According to Olufemi Damilola Oke-Osanyintolu, Permanent Secretary, the Agency received the distress call regarding the fire incident around 2:43 p.m.

“A one-story building housing an orphanage/motherless babies home was engulfed by fire that reportedly started from an air conditioning unit in the house as a result of a power surge and was said to have quickly spread out,” the statement read in part.

“A sum of seven young men with ages going somewhere in the range of one and seven years were immediately emptied from the Home and securely moved to the compound inverse the Home.

“Supervisory group of the Home educated LRT regarding plans to move the kids to the place of the proprietor of the Home for a brief time, to guarantee their government assistance was supported.

“The fire which had at first spread to the extra space of the home has been quenched with hosing down closed.”

“Post Debacle Evaluation uncovered that the entire of the main floor was rescued, while the fire was contained in the store room. Additionally, the remainder of the ground floor was saved.

The LASEMA supervisor further revealed that the kids were officially given over to the Appointee Chief, Mr Balogun, and Mrs Rasheedat Sadik, both of the Kid Security Unit of the Lagos State Service of Youth and Social Turn of events, who then, at that point, officially gave the seven youngsters over to the RED CROSS.

He added that no wounds, nor setbacks were kept in the close deadly episode. The activity, he said, was effectively closed in record time.