- By Kamil Opeyemi
There is tension in the popular Lagos electronic market, Alaba as an explosion has been recorded.
It was not clear the cause of the explosion which has sent thick black smoke into the air but traders in the popular market could be seen trying to move away from the spreading inferno just as calls were being placed to emergency responders to salvage the situation.
NPO Reports, in its update, learnt that the fire started after a gas cylinder exploded from one of the shops in the market.
Some of the traders were seen making personal efforts to douse the fire by using buckets of water. As at the time of filing this report, no fire officials were in sight.
Details later…