VANDAL CRUSHED TO DEATH UNDER COLLAPSED TRANSMISSION TOWER IN DELTA STATE. (PHOTO).
VANDAL CRUSHED TO DEATH UNDER COLLAPSED TRANSMISSION TOWER IN DELTA STATE A suspected vandal has been crushed to death under a collapsed vandalised transmission tower along the 330kV Ughelli-Benin transmission line in Delta State. The incident was discovered during a line patrol carried out by the Delta Sub-Region, Lines Maintenance Department of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), following the tripping of the line on earth fault on the Ughelli - Benin 330kV Transmission line. A statement by the TCN indicates that the patrol team traced the fault to Tower 101, which had collapsed. The body of the suspected vandal was found crushed between the tower members. Tower 101 on the adjacent Ughelli - Sapele 330kV transmission line had also been vandalized.
According to sources,an overnight fire which razed the Mechanic Village at Oke Afa area of Isolo,Lagos,killed three siblings in their sleep.The fire was said to have broken out at midnight behind Jakande Estate,Oke Afa in Isolo while people were sleeping.There were houses and shops situated at the mechanic village and the children were sleeping in one of the houses when the fire broke in the village.Director,Lagos State Fire Service,Rasak Fadipe confirmed the fire outbreak,saying that there were many shops,houses and vehicles in the mechanic village.He disclosed that the fire incident was a tragedy as the fire roasted three siblings of the same parents in their sleep.Fadipe said the ages of the children were five,seven and 12 years but he did not supply their names.The fire service boss also disclosed that the fire consumed three vehicles,eight lockup shops and a room and palour.He further revealed that another fire outbreak was recorded around 5am today friday at Travel Day Inn on Toyin street Ikeja.
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