A 15-year-old son of a senior police officer of the Lagos Police command died during a fire incident that broke out at Falamo Police Barracks in Ikoyi, Lagos.

The command’s Police Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the tragic occurrence.

He said the Divisional Police Officer (DPO), Ikoyi, got information about the incident.

Hudeyin said the DPO gathered that on Tuesday at about 9.00 pm fire razed Room 24, Block 1 of ASP Godspower David, attached to Bar Beach Police Division, Victoria Island, Lagos.

According to the spokesman, the report said emergency firefighters were mobilized and deployed to affected scene for a rescue operation by the boy didn’t survive the inferno.

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“The teams successfully put out the fire, however, during  the evacuation of debris, corpse of one Emmanuel Godspower David, aged 15 years, the son of the officer consumed by the inferno, was found.

“The corpse has been evacuated to a public morgue for autopsy, while investigation is in progress, “he said.

The commission of Police of Lagos, CP Idowu Owohunwa was welcomed by the officer and wife, said he got the information on Wednesday with sadness and made up his mind to visit them in person due to the great loss.

The CP added that he’s sad to hear that life was lost in the fire incident.

He prayed that God should comfort the bereaved family and he donated the sum of N500,000 to cater for their immediate expenses.