Lagos recorded 1,024 disaster cases in 2020

The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) has released the state’s emergency response statistics for 2020 indicating that it recorded 1,024 cases from January to December.

In the figure released on Friday sighted by our correspondent, accidents involving tankers and trucks and those which broke down formed the largest chunk; with 441 cases. Out of the 441 cases, there were 329 accidents, 54 broken down incidents and 28 fallen tankers.

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According to the statistics, there were 331 road accidents followed by fire disasters where 149 cases were recorded. The fire incidents were further broken down into fire outbreaks (122); pipeline fire (3) and truck/tanker fire (24).

Also, 37 cases of building collapse were recorded out of which 22 were full collapse, nine impending collapse cases and five partial collapse cases.

In the same vein, there were seven cases of gas explosion, 12 cases of spillage, three flood cases and four cases of boat capsize, among others.