Fire outbreak at Cement bus stop in Ikeja

By : Oluyemi Ogunseyin

Date: 2 November 2024 12:11pm WAT

In this handout video grab taken from a footage released by Russian Emergency Ministry on August 14, 2023, rescuers put out a fire at a gas station in the city of Makhachkala. - At least 27 people were killed and over 100 injured in an explosion and fire at a petrol station in Russia's Caucasus republic of Dagestan, the emergency situations ministry said Tuesday. (Photo by Handout / RUSSIAN EMERGENCY MINISTRY / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / RUSSIAN EMERGENCY MINISTRY" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS - RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / Russian Emergency Ministry" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS /

A fire outbreak occurred at the Cement bus stop in the Ikeja area of Lagos State on Saturday morning.

The fire reportedly started at about 04:35 am at a Cement bus stop, opposite AP filling station, Ikeja.

According to an eyewitness, the fire was due to a high-tension upsurge.

Our correspondent gathered that firefighters had put out the fire as of the time of filing this report.