(http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-121226-nigeria-fireworks-fire-jsa-3.photoblog900.jpg)Jon Gambrell / APA fire truck passes a warehouse on fire on Lagos Island in Lagos, Nigeria, on Dec. 26.An explosion ripped through a warehouse Wednesday where witnesses say fireworks were stored in Nigeria's largest city, sparking a fire. It wasn't immediately clear if anyone was injured in the blast that firefighters and locals struggled to contain.
-- The Associated Press(http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-121226-nigeria-fireworks-fire-jsa-2.photoblog900.jpg)Sunday Alamba / APPeople try to contain a fire at residential homes and a warehouse on Lagos Island in Lagos, Nigeria, on Dec. 26.(http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-121226-nigeria-fireworks-fire-jsa-1.photoblog900.jpg)Pius Utomi Ekpei / AFP - Getty ImagesPolicemen collect debris for examination at the scene of an explosion in a building in Lagos on Dec. 26.Follow @NBCNewsPictures (https://twitter.com/NBCNewsPictures)
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It is only senseless to store fireworks in a warehouse.I think it's about time we ban fireworks sef
That is a deadly blaze.I hate fire cos it causes so much damage.Too bad it happened