Operatives of the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service have rescued a 63-year-old plumber, Akin Kuboye, alive from a deep well in the Igando area of Lagos.
The Director of the fire agency, Mrs. Margaret Adeseye, said this on Sunday, adding that the incident happened on Sunday at 9:54 a.m. at 20, Muyibi Adebayo Street, off Agric Road, Egan – Igando, Lagos.
Adeseye said the man was trapped while working in a 120m deep well at the rear side of a bungalow consisting of 14 rooms of varying sizes, in a premises covering an area of about 648 square metres.
“However, the Ejigbo Rescue crew successfully brought out the plumber alive from the well,” she said.
She said the plumber has been handed over to Lagos State Ambulance Service (LASAMBUS) who stabilised him from the effect of inhaled ammonia gas before transporting him to the hospital for further treatment.
