It was a scene of intense heat, fire, smoke and tears as business owners lost goods worth millions of naira in a raging fire accident.

A fire outbreak on First Avenue in the FESTAC town part of Lagos State has razed a car and furniture shops in the area with about 26 vehicles and 4 motorcycles destroyed, TORI NEWS can authoritatively report.

The fire incident reportedly broke out at about 12pm around the FESTAC link bridge as the tanker driver attempted to mount the sloppy bridge, a police officer told a TORI NEWS reporter.

Multiple accounts gathered revealed there was no casuality and the tanker driver in the eye of the storm was not in sight as he had evaded the scene for the fear of being mobbed.

The inferno however threw the area into pandemonium with residents and other business operators scampering for safety.

The first respondents at the scene of the accident blamed the Local Government authorities over the inability to site an Emergency Service Agency around the opulent FESTAC Area.

"The government has failed us again. This disaster could have been averted if the fire services came on time.

"The fire incident started at 12pm and it took the firefighters almost two hours when the fire had escalated to visit the scene and salvage the situation. We struggled helplessly for hours with the little we had," an angry resident revealed while speaking to journalists.

A resident, in the rowdy scene who sympathized with the yet to be identified car shop owner claims the owner would have lost exotic vehicles including a Venza and others reportedly worth about N500 million.

An official of the Lagos State Fire Service told TORI NEWS correspondent that his office was contacted around 12pm when the fire was raging and they swung right into action.

Officials of the LASEMA Response Unit, LRU, were spotted at the scene trying to assist in quenching the fire at different ends of the scene.

Multiple police officers were also seen at the scene of the fire incident patroling the area to prevent the breakdown of law and order while also trying to maintain an appreciable flow of traffic.

"The FESTAC bridge road will be blocked throughout today" a police officer at the scene who didn't want his identity revealed stated.

"We are trying to control the crowd and make sure nobody gets hurt. We were called at 12pm and we have been here (at the scene) trying to do our bit.

"Our DPO is also on ground trying to liase with officials of the Emergency Services," the officer added.

Scores of motorcylists and hundreds of sympathizers were seen at the razed area just as motorists lament bitterly in the gridlock caused.

Watch the video recorded by a TORI News correspondent below:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8J2hUeQ0ItQ

Source: https://www.tori.ng/news/83143/how-26-vehicles-4-motorcycles-and-others-were-dest.html

Chai. Village people at work! See as a car dealer's December became a nightmare

Ignore the poster above me. Please as we enter the harmattan season let's endeavor to be very careful. Fire incidents become ubiquitous during this period. Remember safety first.

Chaiiii

Few weeks after Davido released his fire Fia

God help us in this yuletide season.

Sad

O God save our soul dis mba month

Q

Chai

Really sad.

The sad thing is this accident was totally preventable from the driver and the motor boy.

We really need to take insurance serious in this country.

Chai!!!, For this buhari period!!!

Whichkain mushroom journalism and English is this?
Op go and improve your english language commands. So terrible.

This is sad o
See my people business

it is well.. Hope Lagos state govt. will try and support those who lost their means of livelihood.
our firefighters shud always be ready for emergencies.. bcoz this period we are now is delicate to us all.

just praythe car dealer survive this.....Heartattack

What a waist for this Xmas

emeijeh:
The spirit of Festac '77 came visiting

Which spirit of Festac 77?

A tanker with faulty brakes somersaulted and there were no emergency responders promptly on scene. Instead of looking for the causes of the accident and how to prevent reoccurrences, you're blaming the spirits of Festac 77.

Is it the spirit of Festac 77 that wore sneakers for the driver of the truck and asked him to run away?

Let's start using our brains to solve our problems.

Always December, something mst be behind December in the past in Nigeria

kenonze:

Few weeks after Davido released his fire Fia

and for ur brain now...u done talk wetin make sense

this is sad in Yoruba language oloun afi ofo ra emi stay bless.

GuyfawkesAB:
Chai. Village people at work! See as a car dealer's December became a nightmare

I hope he has insurance

Na wah oh,May God help the victim's.

Tis mber month shii been happening

wow.This is heavy.