{"id":40303,"date":"2021-02-15T15:49:43","date_gmt":"2021-02-15T15:49:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=40303"},"modified":"2021-02-15T15:50:29","modified_gmt":"2021-02-15T15:50:29","slug":"nema-reacts-to-brt-fire-incident-says-no-casualties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=40303","title":{"rendered":"NEMA reacts to BRT fire incident, says no casualties"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Monday reacted to the fire incident involving a BRT bus on Ikorodu Road.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The agency says all 45 passengers were rescued unhurt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr Farinloye explained that the affected bus was deployed to rescue the passengers as their initial bus had developed mechanical fault.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe bus was a rescued bus to assist in evacuating stranded passengers from a broken-down bus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe initial bus took off from Ikorodu but broke down at Owode which made the burnt bus to come to the aid of the passengers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNEMA<\/a>, Police Disaster Management Unit and fire service rescued the passengers unhurt. All passengers were rescued unhurt,\u201d Mr Farinloye said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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