By Ifeanyi Okolie
LAGOS — Property worth millions were, Sunday, destroyed in an
inferno that gutted part of Eleganza Plaza at Suru-Alaba Market on
Lagos-Badagry Expressway. Several shops, offices and warehouses
were affected.
Vanguard gathered that the fire, which cause was yet unknown,
started around, 2 a.m., on Sunday, when the complex was still
under lock and lasted for hours.
Eyewitness told Vanguard that, officials of Lagos State Fire Service,
were at the scene to put out the fire which emanated from an
office in the complex and later spread to other parts of the
complex.
An Assistant Director, Lagos State Fire Service, Mr. Fadipe Razaaq,
who spoke to Vanguard said he got a report on the incident at
abour 3 a.m., and contacted the fire station at Sari-Igamu to
respond to the situation.
When Vanguard visited the scene, smoke was seen billowing from
several windows of the complex while security men prevented
people from entering the plaza.