The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) said its personnel have rescued a petro station attendant at Conoil Filling Station, Agege, who was trapped in the station’s under ground tank.
LASEMA said that in response to distress calls via the 767/112 Toll Free numbers on Monday about a trapped petrol attendant in an underground petrol tank of the above mentioned filling station, the agency’s Response Team from Alausa arrived the incident scene at 1701hours.
The Permanent Secretary-LASEMA, Dr. Olufemi Damilola Oke-Osanyintolu, said upon arrival of the agency response team to the incident scene, it was discovered that one of the workers in the aforementioned filling station while attempting to check the level of fuel in their tank, fell into the underground petrol tank of the filling station.
With the quick intervention of the emergency responders, the petrol attendant was rescued from the underground tank, however while rescuing the victim, the Lagos State Fire Service Search and Rescue Officer that rescued him slipped, and in turn also fell into the underground petrol tank.
The Search and Rescue Officer who fell into the underground tank was also successfully rescued. No mortality was recorded in the incident.
LASAMBUS Officials are currently attending to the victims to stabilize them before being moved to the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, LASUTH.
In Attendance at the scene were LASEMA Response Team, Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, Lagos State Ambulance Services, LASAMBUS, and the Nigeria Police Force.
