Fire Renders Over 5000 People Homeless In Ebute Metta, Lagos
A fire outbreak which started on Monday night around 8pm and
extended to the early hours of Tuesday morning has engulfed five buildings and
a sawmill in Oko-Baba area of Ebute-Metta, Lagos, displacing over 5,000 persons
and destroying properties worth millions of naira.
According to a resident, a boy was preparing noodles on the
stove that night, close to where a generator
was, and suddenly an explosion occurred. The fire began to spread to
other buildings till it reached a near by sawmill and other shops
around.
