18th July, 2013
Lagos State Fire Service and the Navy are battling to extinguish a raging fire that gutted a warehouse belonging to automobile giant Coscharis Nigeria Limited at Maza-Maza area of Lagos State, southwest, Nigeria.
According to a statement from Coscharis Public Relations office, the fire which started at about 4am today destroyed goods worth millions of naira.
The affected items include tyres, spare parts, gas cylinders, Agro products and inverters. The likely cause of the fire could not be ascertained at press time and it is believed that no life has been reportedly lost as efforts were ongoing to extinguish the raging fire.
—Cyracus Izuekwe & Daniels Ekugo