Traders record loss in millions as fire razes sawmill in Lagos

It was a gloomy day for traders in the Ojokoro local government axis in Lagos as fire razed millions of planks at the sawmill.

The sawmill is located along Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway, at Awori Bus Stop, Abule Egba, Lagos.

According to an eyewitness, the fire broke out at about 3.47 pm at the sawmill occupying a vast land in the area.

Reacting to the incident, Director, Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, Mrs. Margaret Adeseye, said that the situation had been brought under control with the fire contained from spreading beyond the sawmill.

“Fortunately, no casualty was recorded in the incident,” Adeseye confirmed.

The inferno however, destroyed planks, other items, estimated to worth several millions of naira in the process.

As at press time, 4.30 pm, the men of the Lagos State Fire and Reduce Service, other emergency responders were battling to put out the raging fire.

The immediate or remote cause of the incident could not be determined as at the time of filling in this report.