Four electronics shops have been destroyed by fire in the early hours of New Year’s Day in Ikotun, Lagos State, ensuing in the lack of all items contained in the affected shops.
The incident occurred in a industrial constructing positioned beside the GUO Transport Firm terminal in Ikotun.
Objects destroyed in the blaze included family home equipment equivalent to tv units, washing machines and energy turbines.
A resident of the realm informed our correspondence that neighbours rapidly mobilised to stop the fire from spreading to different sections of the constructing earlier than the arrival of emergency responders.
In line with him, residents made frantic efforts utilizing water to comprise the flames till officers of the Lagos State Fire Service arrived.
He recommended the firefighters for his or her swift response, noting that their intervention prevented what might have been a a lot bigger catastrophe.
“With out their well timed motion, the whole constructing might have been consumed by the fire, and it might need unfold to close by buildings,” he stated.
The reason for the fire has not been formally established, though the resident speculated that {an electrical} fault might have triggered the incident.
It was gathered that the affected space was cordoned off by authorities, whereas no accidents or fatalities have been recorded.
The incident provides to a collection of current fire outbreaks in Lagos, together with these on the Nice Nigeria Insurance coverage constructing on Lagos Island and the Enviornment Market in Oshodi throughout the previous eight days.
