Na wah! Fire don scatter lives for Arena Military Market wey dey Bolade, Oshodi, Lagos. Traders dey count their losses as blaze don destroy at least 10 shops, plus goods wey worth millions of naira.
According to our source, those containers wey dey there full of goods wey no fit be small palaver, eh! Na real wah! The fire dey burn the shops, and everybody wey dey there just dey watch their hard work go up in flames, as dem dey try quench am with water and bottled water wey dem dey throw from far.
As for emergency responders, dem no slack. The Controller General of the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, Margaret Adeseye, confirm say fire crews from Bolade, Ilupeju, Ikeja, and Alausa don arrive the site sharply to battle dat serious inferno.
She talk say na five 40-foot container shops wey dey arranged in two rows, make total of 10 shops wey the fire don affect, and na clothing materials dem dey store for there mostly. She assure say dem don curtail the fire to where e dey, and e no go spread to other shops.
Adeseye talk say dem get distress call around 5:50 PM, and dem dey arrive the scene just around 5:55 PM, talk about level of response. She assure say all necessary steps don dey taken to protect lives and property.
But e get one gbege o! Some traders don travel go enjoy Christmas holiday, so dem no dey present as the fire dey happen. Just last week, another serious fire don burn 25-storey building wey dey house warehouse shops and corporate offices for Martins Street, Lagos Island, na so e scatter everywhere. Three people lose their lives try save their goods before the inferno don finish dem.
For this recent one, the fire don drag every single item for those shops go ground, and e dey leave the shop owners stranded. Na serious gbege for traders as dem dey try recover from the havoc, and now another wahala don land for their head.
LASBCA, wey dey control building safety for Lagos, don caution people to stay clear of that area wey the fire don happen. Dem dey plan to demolish the distresses building for Lagos-Island, and dem don talk say make anybody no go closer than 50 metres following that fire wey raze the structure.
Traders dey fear say if dem no find way make dem secure their business, e fit affect dem for life. Na only God wey fit save dem.
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