Fire razed over twenty shanty buildings at Isakaba- Base community, Ikota- Housing estate, at the Lekki area of Lagos State.
According to eye witness accounts, fire broke out around 8 pm on Thursday, 19th of September, 2013, when an unidentified woman locked her children inside her house, leaving a candle on for them to see through the darkness, and reportedly went out.
Telling his story, a victim of the fire outbreak identified as Emmanuel Igaba a truck assistance from Obodo in Cross River State, Nigeria, said he was confronted with the outbreak on arrival from a business trip to the Northern part of the country only to see his belongings destroyed in the fire. "I returned from a trip to Kano, when I saw the whole area on fire, my house inclusive. As you see me here, it is only the clothes I had on me, that is all I can account for now". He said.
Another eye witness who preferred not to mention her name, said it took the gallant efforts of some men, women and children in the neighborhood to put out the fire since there was no presence of fire fighters any where near the scene., despite the fact that there is a State Fire Service office in the neighbourhood. It was not confirmed however if any calls was put across to the fire service office.
Her story: "We had to go all the way to the bore-hole to fetch water to quench the fire, I was particularly moved to tears when I saw children fetching water all the way from the bore hole, the whole Isakaba Community was filled with people, some kids who were affected roamed around as there was no where for them to stay, and their parents were busy trying to put out the fire. A lot of people lost everything they had except the clothes they wore. The unfortunate thing was that some young men, instead of helping out, were busy taking pictures and videos of the calamity, some of them also engaged in looting the little properties that the victims tried to salvage". "In all, we thank God no life was lost, a little child was saved from being consumed by the inferno, but we didn't record any casualties". She stated.
Her story: "We had to go all the way to the bore-hole to fetch water to quench the fire, I was particularly moved to tears when I saw children fetching water all the way from the bore hole, the whole Isakaba Community was filled with people, some kids who were affected roamed around as there was no where for them to stay, and their parents were busy trying to put out the fire. A lot of people lost everything they had except the clothes they wore. The unfortunate thing was that some young men, instead of helping out, were busy taking pictures and videos of the calamity, some of them also engaged in looting the little properties that the victims tried to salvage". "In all, we thank God no life was lost, a little child was saved from being consumed by the inferno, but we didn't record any casualties". She stated.
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