The governor of Lagos state, Mr Babatunde
Fashola has vowed to punish the owner of the store where fire crackers
that exploded on Wednesday were stored.
Fireworks
stored in the warehouse triggered the explosion in a commercial area of
Jankara market and an 11 year old boy was confirmed dead at the site of
fire cracker explosion which occurred at 9AM at Oroyiyin\Jankara axis
on Lagos Island.
The explosion and inferno set ablaze 15 other adjoining buildings and injured about 40 people. The explosion gutted buildings, cars and property at the Oroyiyin – Jankara axis on Lagos Island.
The Governor who visited the explosion site described the incident as “unfortunate” while he heaped blames on owners of the store for being reckless business owners.
“In order to make quick business, we have lost a life, we lost property and all of us are in danger” the governor said.
Mr Fashola noted that there must be a lot of soul searching and reflection and choices to be made for people to go on and he called on people to make the choice on safety in all they do while government invests in infrastructure.
Lagos state is one of the states that has banned the use of fire crackers , popularly called bangers during festivities and the governor lamented that “we make rules, we break them.”
“All of these items are under one form of prohibition or the other and we have men and women at our various entry and exit points”.
He also appealed to residents in Lagos on safety practices especially during the dry season.
Fireworks
stored in the warehouse triggered the explosion in a commercial area of
Jankara market and an 11 year old boy was confirmed dead at the site of
fire cracker explosion which occurred at 9AM at Oroyiyin\Jankara axis
on Lagos Island.The explosion and inferno set ablaze 15 other adjoining buildings and injured about 40 people. The explosion gutted buildings, cars and property at the Oroyiyin – Jankara axis on Lagos Island.
The Governor who visited the explosion site described the incident as “unfortunate” while he heaped blames on owners of the store for being reckless business owners.
“In order to make quick business, we have lost a life, we lost property and all of us are in danger” the governor said.
Mr Fashola noted that there must be a lot of soul searching and reflection and choices to be made for people to go on and he called on people to make the choice on safety in all they do while government invests in infrastructure.
Lagos state is one of the states that has banned the use of fire crackers , popularly called bangers during festivities and the governor lamented that “we make rules, we break them.”
“All of these items are under one form of prohibition or the other and we have men and women at our various entry and exit points”.
“How did they get in?, how
did they enter?, who shipped them?, who imported them and who cleared
them?. Who approved them to come in. Those are very serious issues. We
must also ask ourselves, must we do every business?”, he asked
rhetorically.
Governor Fashola opined that all citizens must now lead by showing
some commitment to their own safety, by giving a commitment that: “I
will keep petrol away from my house, I will keep explosives away from my
house. I will not make any illegal electrical connection. I will switch
off all my electrical appliances before I leave home”.
He warned that if care is not taken, it may get to a situation
where if the present trend continues, the strength of the state fire
service would be overwhelmed.
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