Another fire outbreak in LAGOS

For the past three weeks, a fire outbreak in Lagos has become a recurring incident as fire guts a shopping mall called Super Plaza in the Surulere area of the state.

A video of the incident circulating on social media shows people around the burning building.

One of the people speaking in the background of the video says firefighters have come around to put out the fire.

The Super Plaza on Akerele Street in Surulere area of Lagos was gutted by fire on Wednesday, with valuable merchandise destroyed.

The plaza, formerly known as Super Cinema, accommodates many shops and churches including Fountain Hall, Dominion City Worship, Omega Fire Ministries, Textiles and Fabrics, Bureau de Change and Gift Gallery, among others.

Director-General of Lagos Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Dr Oke-Osanyintolu, said that preliminary investigation conducted on-site indicated that the fire resulted from an electrical surge in one of the shops before escalating to other parts of the plaza.

“No loss of life nor injury has been sustained so far at the scene of the fire where properties worth a fortune have been lost to the inferno,” Oke-Osanyintolu said.

A witness, Mr Abayomi Ayelomi, commended the effort of the Lagos State Fire Service and other emergency services who joined in putting out the fire.

Many of the shop owners were seen packing out their goods on Wednesday night.

A witness who was at the scene reports that many of the shop owners were seen packing out their goods, including, furniture, to reduce their losses.

The plaza got up in flames barely one week after a similar incident occurred near Tejuosho market in the state.

Following a breaking report by Pulse Nigeria, an effort by the Lagos State Fire Service and other emergency services helped in putting out the fire.

In the past month, more than 7 people have died in major fire accidents in Nigeria. Millions of Naira have also been lost in these fire outbreaks. The reoccurrence of these fire