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NEMA reacts to BRT fire incident, says no casualties
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Monday reacted to the fire incident involving a BRT bus on Ikorodu Road.
The agency says all 45 passengers were rescued unhurt.
Earlier today, Ripples Nigeria reported that a BRT bus had gone up in flames at Idi Iroko bus stop along the Ikorodu Road, inward Anthony.
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Ibrahim Farinloye, the Acting Coordinator of NEMA, South-west corridor, said the accident occurred around 11 a.m., at the Idiroko area of the state while conveying passengers from Ikorodu to Tafawa Balewa Square (TBS) and Lagos Island.
Mr Farinloye explained that the affected bus was deployed to rescue the passengers as their initial bus had developed mechanical fault.
“The bus was a rescued bus to assist in evacuating stranded passengers from a broken-down bus.
“The initial bus took off from Ikorodu but broke down at Owode which made the burnt bus to come to the aid of the passengers.
“NEMA, Police Disaster Management Unit and fire service rescued the passengers unhurt. All passengers were rescued unhurt,” Mr Farinloye said.
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