Posted on: 05:36 Sat, 26 Mar 2016



Two men, trapped while working in an
underground tank at a filling station
in Lagos died on Friday.

The Director of the Lagos State Fire
Service, Mr Rasaq Fadipe,
confirmed the development in an
interview with NAN.

He said that the men were working
on routine maintenance of the tank
when the incident happened.

Fadipe said that the men were
working at Fatgbems Filling Station
at Ojodu, Berger before one of them
got trapped in the tank.



He said that the men died before
fire servicemen could rescue them.

“We got the call at about 7.09
a.m. We were told that one of the
men inside the underground tank
shouted for help but later
collapsed.

“The second man, who was the
supervisor for the work, decided
to go and rescue them against
people’s advice and he also
inhaled fuel fumes from the tank
and collapsed.

“Our men brought out their dead
bodies and handed the body over
to police officers from the Ojodu
Division, who later took them to
the mortuary,’’ Fadipe said.

He advised members of the public
against putting their lives in
danger, saying that rescue
operations should be left for
professionals.