By Esther Onyegbula

One person has been reportedly injured in a midnight fire that gutted more than 109 shops and residential buildings in Ijora Area of Lagos State.
It was gathered that the victim sustained severe injuries from the inferno which started from a shop that served as a storage facility, filled with drums of diesel.

According to Mr. Ibrahim Farinloye, South-West Zonal spokesman of the National Emergency Maintenance Agency, NEMA, who spoke to

Vanguard, “we were alerted at about 6a.m. and by the time we got there, we discovered that the affected buildings belonged to Bayelsa State Government.

About 109 shops and residential buildings, located beside 7-Up Bottling Company, Ijora, were consumed in the fire.
One person, who sustained serious burns, was rescued and taken to the hospital.

He said: “The fire started from a shop filled with drums of diesel. People are also using the space as residence.”