The Kwara State Fire Service saved property worth over N18 billion from fire incidents in the last one year, an investigation by LEADERSHIP has revealed.
The estimated value of property lost during the period was N629 million.
LEADERSHIP gathered that 10 lives were lost to fire incidents during the review period.
The State Fire Service also received 190 emergency calls from the residents during the period.
The state commissioner for works, whose ministry supervises the Fire Service, Engr Abdulquawiy Olododo, said that many lives were saved by the prompt interventions of the men of the Fire Service with the aid of modern firefighting equipment and accessories provided for them by the state government.
The State Fire Service spokesman, Hassan Adekunle, confirmed the cost of the property lost to fire incidents in the last year.
He also confirmed the casualty figure.
He hailed the gallantry of the firefighters, who, he said, had always responded swiftly to distress calls from the residents whenever a fire outbreak occurred in any part of the state.
