Two persons including a one- year old baby and its 45-year old father, Mathew, were Friday morning, consumed by an inferno at Ebute Meta, Lagos.
This incident, which occurred at 4, Nubi Close off Park road, along Apapa Road, Ebute Metta West, was the 20th, the fire services have attended to in one week.
It reportedly started in the wee hours of Friday.
It was learnt that the inferno which razed two flats in a two-storey building, was caused by a lit candle because there was no electricity supply at the time the fire started.
The wife and mother of the deceased persons was said to have been rescued through community efforts, but the neighbours could not rescue the two victims because the fire had escalated.
When contacted, Director State Fire Service, Rasaq Fadipe, confirmed the incident.
He told newsmen that the service was not contacted early but still got there early enough to stop the fire from affecting other flats.
“Yes, we recovered two bodies, a year old baby and a man of about 45 years. We were told their mother\wife was rescued by people in the area who first gathered to put out the fire.
“They did not call us early. If they had called us immediately while still continuing with their efforts, we may have been able to safe those lives.
“The Fire involved the upper floor of a residential two- storey building, consisting of two flats of three bedroom each built on a land of about 60 by 120ft.
“The affected two flats at the upper floor were severely damaged by fire.
“A male adult of about 45 years and a child of about a year old were recovered dead from the inferno,” said Fadipe.
Similarly, fire service personnel at Agege responded to an emergency call at 11, Akinleye Street, Oko Oba, where a man of about 35 years was recovered dead from a well.
The deceased Lawal Ganbo, was said to have been working in the domestic well