DEADLY FIRE FROM FIREWORKS IN LAGOS: People kept trampling on me – 65-year-old survivor

[MrVan]

They all wore swollen faces, with tears trickling down  their cheeks. Some stood with hands akimbo and others placed their hands on their heads, watching as their goods were destroyed by fire. No thanks to the explosion that rocked Jankara Market in  Isale-Eko area of Lagos State on Boxing Day. Worst hit were residents of the affected buildings who have been rendered homeless by the inferno which lasted over ten hours, defying efforts by fire fighters to contain the situation.

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