Goods worth several millions of naira were yesterday destroyed by fire which gutted a market at the Low Cost Housing Estate, Oke-Afa, in Ejigbo Local Council Developmental Area of Lagos State.
It was gathered that 20 shops were affected by the fire suspected to have been caused by power upsurge.
This came as tragedy struck, weekend, in Ikorodu area of Lagos State following the electrocution of a man by a high tension wire that snapped.
Vanguard learnt that an alarm was raised by a night guard, who noticed smoke billowing from one of the shops moments after power was restored, following which youths in the area battled to contain the situation.
But their efforts were in vain as the fire spread to other shops, where power generating sets were kept.
The youths, it was gathered, forced some of the shops open and took the goods to safer place. Some shop owners, who were contacted reportedly rushed to the scene to salvage some of their wares. While some of them succeeded, many others did not
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