A one-story building located at number 36, Awolowo Way, near the Under Bridge in Computer Village, Ikeja, Lagos, has been gutted by a fire, resulting in the destruction of valuable items worth millions of naira.
This unfortunate incident took place just 12 hours after a gas tanker explosion that happened late Tuesday night in the Iju-Ishaga area of Lagos.
According to an eyewitness, the fire broke out at around 9.45 am on Wednesday.
Thankfully, there have been no reported casualties from the incident, as confirmed by officials.
The affected traders were observed attempting to salvage their merchandise from the burning building.
Director, Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, Mrs. Magaret Adeseye, confirmed the incident, saying, “The situation is under control.”
According to Adeseye, “a commercial one-story building gut-fired from the ground floor is used as a store in the buzzing city capital, Computer Village.
“The fire has been confined to the ground floor; it emanated from ongoing efforts to access the seat of fire and curtailed it from spreading to the upper floor and nearby structures within the smoke log environment.
“The cause of the inferno is yet to be ascertained. There is no casualty recorded so far.”
