A middle aged woman
identified as Mrs Okanlawon Florence was today electrocuted in her residence at
Shokoya Close off Dapson Street, Oke Ira Ojodu LCDA Lagos
state. According to reports, the woman
died while attempting to turn off her refrigerator following a fire outbreak
from a PHCN transformer close to her house.
The deceased's 14
year old daughter identified as Okanlawon Taiwo was also affected by the fire
from the transformer and is currently receiving medical attention at the
General Hopital Ifako Ijaye.
It was gathered that
the electrocuted woman died as a result of severe burns sustained.
Preliminary report
gathered by the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency LASEMA showed that the
fire emanated from a high voltage 25kva transformer ( a 4 building mini
transformer) which affected four buildings namely , House number 4, 7, 9a &
9b whose power supply emanate from the transformer .
However, the fire
was quickly put out by combined effort of bystanders and emergency response
team from the state.
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