{"id":16867,"date":"2025-09-05T15:46:17","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T15:46:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/?p=16867"},"modified":"2025-09-05T16:32:29","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T16:32:29","slug":"fire-guts-tanker-at-ikorodu-filling-station-lsfrs-contain-blaze-no-casualty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/2025\/09\/05\/fire-guts-tanker-at-ikorodu-filling-station-lsfrs-contain-blaze-no-casualty\/","title":{"rendered":"Fire Guts Tanker at Ikorodu Filling Station, LSFRS Contain Blaze, No Casualty"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service (LSFRS) on Friday swiftly contained a fire outbreak at A1 Petroleum Filling Station, located at 15 Mukaz Avenue off Ikorodu Road, near Agric bus stop, Owutu-Ikorodu.<\/p>\n

The emergency occurred at about 12:58 p.m. when a 45,000-litre petroleum tanker (registration number IKD 479 XV) caught fire while discharging fuel at the station.<\/p>\n

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\nQuick intervention by firefighters from Ikorodu and Alausa Fire Stations prevented the blaze from escalating.<\/p>\n

The inferno was restricted to the tanker and one dispensing pump, sparing the main building, mart, underground storage, and gas skid.<\/p>\n

No casualties were recorded during the incident.<\/p>\n

Deputy Controller General of LSFRS, Olajide Ogabi, praised the swift coordination of the fire crews and urged oil and gas operators to maintain strict safety standards.<\/p>\n

He reaffirmed the service\u2019s commitment to protecting lives, property, and the environment across Lagos State.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service (LSFRS) on Friday swiftly contained a fire outbreak at A1 Petroleum Filling Station,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16869,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16867","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-from-the-grassroots"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16867","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16867"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16867\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16871,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16867\/revisions\/16871"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16869"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16867"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}