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Car Catches Fire At Awolowo Road, Ikoyi Lagos by tolex29(f): 12:00pm On Oct 04, 2012
Fire completely consumed a car at Awolowo road in front of OANDO filling station yesterday 3rd October 2012. Just few buildings to the Ikoyi Fire station, yet the fire station did not respond until the fire completely destroyed the car. E be like say dem no get water abi dem firemen never see fire quench for ages so dem nor dey prepared. No Single car on the road (including mine) had a fire extinguisher to help> shocked shocked (Well my own case be say i no sabi use the thing ..na just to show FRSC officers when dem ask me grin )




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BP6Xba80tcY&feature=youtu.be
Re: Car Catches Fire At Awolowo Road, Ikoyi Lagos by Areaboy2(m): 12:08pm On Oct 04, 2012
Even okada men had camera phones! yet no one could bring an extinguisher cheesy

Although it has far past extinguisher stage, the fire service should be embarrassed undecided
Re: Car Catches Fire At Awolowo Road, Ikoyi Lagos by Exponental(m): 1:19pm On Oct 04, 2012
@op,

It's one thing to know how to use it, it's anoda to be able 2 combat fire. The car in question might have a fire extinguisher which is now completely burnt.
To use, follow d PASS:
P: Pull d pin- the handle serves 2 purposes, 1stly, when d pin is intact, it helps to carry. 2ndly, when d pin is removed, it serves as a pulley
A: Aim at d base of d fire- the source of any burning fire is below while d flame burns above. So target d base always.
S: squeeze d handle. To extinguish, u make d pulley effective by discharging d content.
S: sweep from side 2 side- fire spreads fast. When u sweep side to side, u try cover an area which will not allow it expand BUT, ensure that u dont ignore d source before u exhausting d extinguishant. So cover area of source.
.
.
U need 2 be tactful, courageous and bold 2 face d enemy (fire).
Above all, when it is not safe, dont do, escape 4 ur life!!!

If u need practical experience, I can put u through. 08037250290. I am a Safety Officer and a Fire Marshal.

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Re: Car Catches Fire At Awolowo Road, Ikoyi Lagos by Booty4me: 3:26pm On Oct 04, 2012
Did bokoharam claim responbility?

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Re: Car Catches Fire At Awolowo Road, Ikoyi Lagos by 27naira(m): 3:28pm On Oct 04, 2012
Oando doesn't have fire extinguishers?

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Re: Car Catches Fire At Awolowo Road, Ikoyi Lagos by Kslib(m): 3:28pm On Oct 04, 2012
Thank God nobody was injured/lost.. This is a warning to those that normally sit/rest their back on unknown vehicles...
Re: Car Catches Fire At Awolowo Road, Ikoyi Lagos by BeraBera(f): 3:34pm On Oct 04, 2012
27naira: Oando doesn't have fire extinguishers?
You can imagine sad
Re: Car Catches Fire At Awolowo Road, Ikoyi Lagos by alexola20(m): 3:39pm On Oct 04, 2012

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Re: Car Catches Fire At Awolowo Road, Ikoyi Lagos by Nobody: 3:43pm On Oct 04, 2012
Thats a nice road with line in nig shocked. Lagos should please ban this okada, they.are like nuisance ! If they really need job they can go to their village and start farming, it will help a lot, provide food for themselves, for the nations and even for the billion starving ppl on earth! Instead everyone want to live in the city, sit on top of a two cycle machine and feed on less than a dollar per day, lazy dumbas..s negros
Re: Car Catches Fire At Awolowo Road, Ikoyi Lagos by alaoeri: 3:47pm On Oct 04, 2012
Toaskarity: Thats a nice road with line in nig shocked. Lagos should please ban this okada, they.are like nuisance ! If they really need job they can go to their village and start farming, it will help a lot, provide food for themselves, for the nations and even for the billion starving ppl on earth! Instead everyone want to live in the city, sit on top of a two cycle machine and feed on less than a dollar per day, lazy dumbas..s negros
What's the correlation between your post & the topic? or must you comment.

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Re: Car Catches Fire At Awolowo Road, Ikoyi Lagos by yemi2plus(m): 3:49pm On Oct 04, 2012
Booty4me: Did bokoharam claim responbility?
yuh dull pass seun

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Re: Car Catches Fire At Awolowo Road, Ikoyi Lagos by siddiq202(m): 3:54pm On Oct 04, 2012
Toaskarity: Thats a nice road with line in nig shocked. Lagos should please ban this okada, they.are like nuisance ! If they really need job they can go to their village and start farming, it will help a lot, provide food for themselves, for the nations and even for the billion starving ppl on earth! Instead everyone want to live in the city, sit on top of a two cycle machine and feed on less than a dollar per day, lazy dumbas..s negros
bros check the topic again
Re: Car Catches Fire At Awolowo Road, Ikoyi Lagos by blackmann(m): 4:01pm On Oct 04, 2012
Exponental: @op,

It's one thing to know how to use it, it's anoda to be able 2 combat fire. The car in question might have a fire extinguisher which is now completely burnt.
To use, follow d PASS:
P: Pull d pin- the handle serves 2 purposes, 1stly, when d pin is intact, it helps to carry. 2ndly, when d pin is removed, it serves as a pulley
A: Aim at d base of d fire- the source of any burning fire is below while d flame burns above. So target d base always.
S: squeeze d handle. To extinguish, u make d pulley effective by discharging d content.
S: sweep from side 2 side- fire spreads fast. When u sweep side to side, u try cover an area which will not allow it expand BUT, ensure that u dont ignore d source before u exhausting d extinguishant. So cover area of source.
.
.
U need 2 be tactful, courageous and bold 2 face d enemy (fire).
Above all, when it is not safe, dont do, escape 4 ur life!!!

If u need practical experience, I can put u through. 08037250290. I am a Safety Officer and a Fire Marshal.

Err. . . . .rather late for that in this case, isnt it? undecided
Re: Car Catches Fire At Awolowo Road, Ikoyi Lagos by Ekans: 4:02pm On Oct 04, 2012
Chei! Look at nigerians snapping away while a citizens vehicle burns.We love tragedy in this country as long as e no reach us.

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Re: Car Catches Fire At Awolowo Road, Ikoyi Lagos by dramenda(f): 4:04pm On Oct 04, 2012
Gone
Re: Car Catches Fire At Awolowo Road, Ikoyi Lagos by dammytosh: 4:06pm On Oct 04, 2012
Right in front of Fire Service Office ? .


Fashola is really working. undecided undecided undecided
Re: Car Catches Fire At Awolowo Road, Ikoyi Lagos by Gen2jaynee: 4:08pm On Oct 04, 2012
alaoeri:
What's the correlation between your post & the topic? or must you comment.
dnt mind him(her)... Mayb he was banished frm his village,dats y he z unable 2 go 2 his village n farm.. Or is he scared of showing example 2 those okada guyz(men)?
Re: Car Catches Fire At Awolowo Road, Ikoyi Lagos by CrazyMan(m): 4:12pm On Oct 04, 2012
So recording the fire incident on their phones seems much better to them than trying to put it out.

Nigerians would never cease to amuse me. angry
Re: Car Catches Fire At Awolowo Road, Ikoyi Lagos by piphunter(m): 4:12pm On Oct 04, 2012
Toaskarity: Thats a nice road with line in nig shocked. Lagos should please ban this okada, they.are like nuisance ! If they really need job they can go to their village and start farming, it will help a lot, provide food for themselves, for the nations and even for the billion starving ppl on earth! Instead everyone want to live in the city, sit on top of a two cycle machine and feed on less than a dollar per day, lazy dumbas..s negros
Bros no okada man in Lagos lives on less than a dollar a day..get your facts right you nitwit angry
Re: Car Catches Fire At Awolowo Road, Ikoyi Lagos by dridowu: 4:24pm On Oct 04, 2012
Dats is bad so nobody can get fire extinguisher, anyway am yet to c ds video where can i download it for my Nokia phone
Re: Car Catches Fire At Awolowo Road, Ikoyi Lagos by Nobody: 4:37pm On Oct 04, 2012
No one had Fire Extinguisher but everyone had Camera phones. Such a shame!
Re: Car Catches Fire At Awolowo Road, Ikoyi Lagos by killuminati(m): 4:39pm On Oct 04, 2012
dridowu: Dats is bad so nobody can get fire extinguisher, anyway am yet to c ds video where can i download it for my Nokia phone
lmao grin shocked cheesy tongue angry undecided
Is it a music video or what? Well, try www.awolowroadikoyicarcatchfire.com smiley

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Re: Car Catches Fire At Awolowo Road, Ikoyi Lagos by Nobody: 4:46pm On Oct 04, 2012
Area_boy: Even okada men had camera phones! yet no one could bring an extinguisher cheesy

Although it has far past extinguisher stage, the fire service should be embarrassed undecided
good u know
Re: Car Catches Fire At Awolowo Road, Ikoyi Lagos by mallorca(m): 4:51pm On Oct 04, 2012
ppl just busy dey snap d scene but nobody fit help,i shake head for Nigerians
Re: Car Catches Fire At Awolowo Road, Ikoyi Lagos by Nobody: 5:06pm On Oct 04, 2012
Toaskarity: Thats a nice road with line in nig shocked. Lagos should please ban this okada, they.are like nuisance ! If they really need job they can go to their village and start farming, it will help a lot, provide food for themselves, for the nations and even for the billion starving ppl on earth! Instead everyone want to live in the city, sit on top of a two cycle machine and feed on less than a dollar per day, lazy dumbas..s negros

check ur head,,screw d nut

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Re: Car Catches Fire At Awolowo Road, Ikoyi Lagos by GboyegaD(m): 6:16pm On Oct 04, 2012
27naira: Oando doesn't have fire extinguishers?

That was the first thing that came to my mind. Even those who were buying gas or who had cars around could have helped but who knows maybe they had the mindset of they were keeping it perhaps they may experience same in the near future.
Re: Car Catches Fire At Awolowo Road, Ikoyi Lagos by james1(m): 8:40pm On Oct 04, 2012
Sad,my heart goes out to the person that loose that car to the fire.
@toaskarity.so all the okadamen men are suppose to be farmers?
FYI.many okadamen on the island especially makes thousands of naira daily.tons of families depend on the proceeds from their operations.
The okada is still very useful in lagos;they can look at phasing it out upon the introduction of better mass transit like trains and metro rail.
This reasoning of yours is mind bending.smh
Re: Car Catches Fire At Awolowo Road, Ikoyi Lagos by Nobody: 8:45pm On Oct 04, 2012
Toaskarity: Thats a nice road with line in nig shocked. Lagos should please ban this okada, they.are like nuisance ! If they really need job they can go to their village and start farming, it will help a lot, provide food for themselves, for the nations and even for the billion starving ppl on earth! Instead everyone want to live in the city, sit on top of a two cycle machine and feed on less than a dollar per day, lazy dumbas..s negros
...we also got some cinemas, hot chicks and some people get laid too
Re: Car Catches Fire At Awolowo Road, Ikoyi Lagos by gulfer: 9:15pm On Oct 04, 2012
blackmann:

Err. . . . .rather late for that in this case, isnt it? undecided
Hmmm, but spt for small fire incidents waiting to happen.
Re: Car Catches Fire At Awolowo Road, Ikoyi Lagos by tope33(m): 11:03pm On Oct 04, 2012
Lol, was it a car bomb?
Kslib: Thank God nobody was injured/lost.. This is a warning to those that normally sit/rest their back on unknown vehicles...

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Re: Car Catches Fire At Awolowo Road, Ikoyi Lagos by Nobody: 11:18pm On Oct 04, 2012
tolex29: Fire completely consumed a car at Awolowo road in front of OANDO filling station yesterday 3rd October 2012. Just few buildings to the Ikoyi Fire station, yet the fire station did not respond until the fire completely destroyed the car. E be like say dem no get water abi dem firemen never see fire quench for ages so dem nor dey prepared. No Single car on the road (including mine) had a fire extinguisher to help> shocked shocked (Well my own case be say i no sabi use the thing ..na just to show FRSC officers when dem ask me grin )




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BP6Xba80tcY&feature=youtu.be

liar liar. If the video is yours, i dont think you were in your car. It is obvious you are an okada man or you were on a bike grin
Re: Car Catches Fire At Awolowo Road, Ikoyi Lagos by Exponental(m): 11:56pm On Oct 04, 2012
blackmann:

Err. . . . .rather late for that in this case, isnt it? undecided
yap, u are right....there definitely gonna be other victims in future. It's ur choice 2 be or not 2 be.
Knowlegde is Power-Francis Bacon

I will study and wait and d opportunity will come- Abraham Lincoln

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