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Tragedy struck at No. 3/5, Durosinmi Etti Street, Victoria Island, Lagos, as Sodiq Ojomo, a worker with a catering service outfit, drowned in a swimming pool on Christmas day.

Rasak Fadipe, the director, Lagos State Fire Service, disclosed this on Friday to NAN while reacting to the service activities for the year.

He said that the 23-year-old man, who was attending to some guests, alongside his colleagues, allegedly jumped into the swimming pool against the advice of his supervisor.

Fadipe said the police from Maroko division picked the corpse and deposited it at a public mortuary.

He further said the fire service has responded to 1, 621 fire incidents between January and December 21.

Fadipe said that 172 incidents were recorded in March, which was the highest in the period while October recorded the lowest with 94 incidents reported.

He said 108 rescue calls were responded to, while nine collapsed building calls were also recorded.

The director, who said that they received 275 false calls, did not mention how many deaths were recorded within the period under review.

Fadipe advised members of the public to avoid any act that could cause fire outbreak, especially candle light, generating set, power surge and over loading electrical appliances.