One killed as fire raze van in Lagos

A vehicle belonging to the police unit, Rapid Response Squad (RSS) in Lagos, was on Tuesday gutted by fire at the Providus bank in Adeola Odeku Street, Victoria Island, Lagos state.

This was revealed via the RRS Twitter handle.
According to RSS’ tweet, their officers escaped with injuries but some a live was lost in the incident.

“RRS vehicle on patrol of Adeola Odeku was this morning involved in a fire incident.”

Also confirming the tragedy, The Police public relations officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, said, “The fire started within the bank premises on Tuesday morning. Our vehicle got burnt but of our officers were not affected.
“One person died and others were injured. The injured persons have been hospitalised.”