There was pandemonium among residents of Abule Oja neighborhood, off Unilag Road, Akoka, Lagos State on Monday morning as a massive fire engulfed a popular supermarket complex in the area.
The inferno, which began in the wee hours of Monday morning, completely razed down the ‘LilyBest’ supermarket as youths tried without success to put it off.
According to an unnamed eyewitness, the residents in the area called the emergency line of the Lagos State fire service but got no response.
The resident said;
“A popular supermarket called LilyBest caught fire this morning at about 6:30am at Abule Oja bus stop, off Unilag road. Boys came out and tried to put it off but it got worse and caught the next building,”
“We called 112 emergency line, a million times, they picked and said the firefighters were on their way. For over an hour, we kept on calling. Mind you there’s a fire station inside Unilag and also one at Onike. But none came to their aid.
“Eventually, after the fire had caught a boutique and was also making its way to the popular NEXT Salon, the firefighters came escorted by a Police Van, but it was too late. The area boys stacked their trucks and they fled the scene. The fire has been put out but the shops are gone. Millions of Naira gone in this recession,”
See a video of the incident below;
Lily Best supermarket close to Unilag is being razed down by an electrical fire right now. Fire fighters do something
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— Ogedola (@Mz_ogey) February 27, 2017
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