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Fire Razes Shops In Computer Village, Destroys Property Worth Millions

Goods worth millions of naira have been destroyed in a fire outbreak that gutted a section of a shopping complex at the popular Computer Village in Ikeja, Lagos.

The fire broke out from one of the shops in a shopping complex at Otigba Street, Computer Village, Ikeja in the early hours of Monday.

Confirming the incident in a statement hours after the fire broke out, the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Adekunle Ajisebutu, explained that firefighters raced to the scene as soon as the incident was reported.

He added that the command, on its part, deployed a team of police operatives from Area ‘F’ Command, Ikeja Division, and neighbouring divisions to the area to protect the firefighters and others involved in the effort to quench the fire, as well as prevent looting.

The fire, he said, began at about 4am and lasted till about 7am while policemen cordoned off the area as firefighters battle the fire.

He explained that the fire began from an electrical fault in the complex and some swollen batteries, saying that a section of the building was affected.

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