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Four workers perish as fire razes lounge and bar in Lagos (videos)

Fire at J5 Lounge and Bar at Olodi Apapa, Lagos
Fire at J5 Lounge and Bar at Olodi Apapa, Lagos

Four workers were burnt beyond recognition in an inferno that reduced a lounge and bar located along Baale Road in the Olodi Apapa area of Lagos State to rubble.

The Lagos Police Command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, said a distress call was received at the police station about 7:50 a.m. on Sunday, October 13, 2024.

He said the police were told that the fire started around 7.45 am, at the lounge and bar.

According to him, a team of He said based on the report, a team of policemen and firefighters were swiftly mobilised to the scene.

He said the fire which affected the whole building, was eventually put out.

“Investigation revealed that four yet-to-be-identified staff of the company got burnt beyond recognition in the fire. Their corpses were evacuated to the Infectious Disease Hospital (IDH) morgue at Yaba,” he said.

See clips from the raging inferno here.

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