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In the early hours of Monday, the 13th of December, 2021 a massive fire outbreak occurred at an office complex of Spectrum Phones Limited at the popular Computer Village Ikeja, Lagos, and destroyed property worth millions of Naira, leaving owners in disperse and paranoia.

It is extremely difficult to successfully estimate the ravaging impact of fire disaster. This is because of the unquantifiable nature of some resources and the devastating extent of fire across regions.
A lot of reasons have been attributed to be factors behind the increasing cases of fire in Cote d’Ivoire. The leading cause of fire in the country.

C-Level Managers often minimize the negative consequences of Engineering Risk in the decision making process on technical projects. Emphasis on time and initial project cost suffocate the need for Technical and Engineering Requirements which form the crux of the project success. Many projects thus continue to suffer from extensive time and financial over runs with poor or non functional delivery.

The case of legal risk investigating a minor and litigation as a result of the involvement of a minor if proof that the minor actually propagated the fire. Also, the legal aspect of insurance litigation is based on the operational safety level by the business and facility owner. Stakeholders such as shareholders and authorities having jurisdiction, employees in forms generally by loss of business downtown, loss of full remunerations, loss of dividends, loss of jobs, loss of capital for running business depending on the outcome of insurance claims, and financial loss incurred on legal damages by various affected stakeholders, loss of asset, injury and possible loss of life.

Poor Fire Risk Assessment results in weakness in electrical risk assessments and noncompliance. RAGAGEP, codes, and standards, like IBC, BS, NFPA, IEC, ISO play an important part when used in scoping, design basis, operations, and maintenance philosophies. It is also a multi-disciplinary exercise involving risk engineers, HSE Engineers, Occupational and Technical safety Experts.
Facts and figures of fire hazards across West Africa show that about 10 % of all fires result in disastrous consequences with 90% due to electrical faults. The route cause analysis of electrical faults showed FAILURE IN POOR ENGINEERING DESIGN.