No fewer than 150 shops and goods worth millions of Naira were Sunday
razed by fire at the Trinity spare parts market in Olodi Apapa area of
Lagos State.
The plaza is said to house over 200 shops dealing on motor
spare parts. An eyewitness and a resident in the area who identified
himself as Amechi, told Vanguard that “this whole incident started when
PHCN restored power here around 1.00p.m. Not long after that, I saw a thick smoke coming from one of the shops
on B line but I didn’t know the fire was going to be this big and
spread to other parts of the plaza. Now the destruction is wanton.”
Meanwhile, some of the affected traders who could talk to Vanguard,
expressed shock at the sudden inferno, lamenting that with the level of
destruction, it would only take quick government intervention to help
them get back to business again.
For instance, one of the affected traders, Mr. Izuchukwu Agwu,
lamented: “I am finished. As you are seeing me here, I have lost
everything I have to this fire incident.
“Unless something is done, I am heading back to the village and you
know what it means – suicide. I sleep in my shop and I have no other
business here.”
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