Fire Guts Section Of Lagos Blue Line Track

Fire has gutted a section of the Lagos Blue Line track around the Eko Bridge.

The incident happened on Saturday evening but there was no casualty.

“There was a fire outbreak on a small section of the Lagos Blue Line track at a spot opposite NEPA Station by Eko Bridge inward Apogbon,” Gboyega Akosile, the spokesman to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State, said on his X handle.

“The incident occurred at 4:12 pm. No casualty is reported and no train service at the time of the incident.”

A team of safety officials and other first responders had put out the fire.

“Lagosians in that axis can go about their business peacefully as the situation is under control,” he said.

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Operations Resume Sunday

Meanwhile, the Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA) said following the incident, “the system isolated the section for investigators and engineers from the Independent Power Plant powering the train to trace the source of the fire”.

“The Closed-Circuit camera along the section promptly alerted emergency staff who triggered the emergency response process,” LAMATA’s Head of Corporate Communication Kolawole Ojelabi said shortly after the incident. “No passengers on the train and workers were in danger”.

The agency said its engineers are “working profusely to replace the burnt cables, and it is projected that train operation will resume Sunday morning”.

“LAMATA is committed to ensuring the safe operation of the Blue Line, the first rail system to be powered by electricity in West Africa,” the agency assured.