Federal Fire Service decries shortage of personnel to tackle fire disasters
The Federal Fire Service on Tuesday decried inadequacy of personnel to tackle fire outbreaks across the country.
Its acting controller-general, Samson Karebo, said in Abuja that the total number of firemen at the federal level, combined with the number of their counterparts in the states, was inadequate to fight fire.
He spoke at a ceremony in Abuja where he received a resource management fellowship award.
Mr Karebo stressed that despite the enormous contributions of the federal government to the service, the organisation’s needs assessment showed a huge deficit.
Reacting to the April 22 explosion at an illegal refinery in Abaeza, Ohaji-Egbema in Imo, Mr Karebo said the loss of lives could have been avoided.
Mr Karebo cautioned Nigerians against engaging in suicidal and disastrous acts like illegal oil bunkering and refining.
Death toll at the explosion site rose to 110 on Monday as more corpses were found in nearby Orashi River.
(NAN)
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