Expdonaloaded News: 3 die after fire gut plaza in Balogun market Lagos..update...

Three people lost their lives after a plaza in the popular Lagos market was gutted by fire yesterday September 3rd. The plaza was used as a store house for shoes and bags. Immediately occupants of the plaza, which is closely surrounded by some bank buildings, saw the fire, some of them ran hastily through the staircase while others jumped. A woman who tried to jump was said to have fallen with hard impact on the ground causing her skull to burst open.

Many others had bone fracture as they jumped through the staircase. The men of the Lagos state fire service after many hours of battle were able to put off the fire. Continue to see more photos from the incident