An official of the Lagos State Fire Service, Olumide Ogunnubi, who collapsed while rescuing a victim that drowned in a well, is dead.
Ogunnubi, who was attached to the Ikotun Fire Station, had collapsed in a well at the Ijegun area of the state while bringing out a plumber identified as Tobi Akintoye.
Akintoye was said to be digging a well for the residents when he became suffocated and drowned. The 34-year-old firefighter had been let down with a rope into the well to bring out the plumber.
He was reportedly being drawn up when the rope around his waist suddenly snapped. He was said to have fallen back into the well.
He was later rescued by other firefighters and rushed to the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital.
Ogunnubi, who joined the fire service in 2008, died from the injuries he sustained during the incident on May 12.
An official of the state fire service told Punch Metro that the victim was buried on Tuesday at his hometown in Ogun State, Punch reports.
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