Shops under the Apongbon section of the Eko Bridge in Lagos State were on Wednesday gutted by fire.
The fire incident caused gridlock and crippled commercial activities around the Lagos Island area of the state.
Though the cause of the fire incident could not be ascertained yet, it was learnt that goods worth millions of naira were destroyed by the inferno.
“Traffic from Eko bridge has been re-routed to Ebute-Ero to link inner marina. Men of fire service and other security agencies are still on the ground. Therefore, CMS bridge and Eko bridge inward/outward Apongbon is close to traffic at the moment,” Lagos State Traffic Management Agency tweeted.
Director of Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, Adeseye Margaret, described the nature of the fire as “disastrous”.
Margaret said, “The Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service is currently battling an inferno at Eko bridge Apongbon, Lagos island.
“The fire which was reported at 03:14 Wednesday wee hours under the Eko bridge at Apongbon, where various stocks in trade are plied was met by the first set of the crew of the agency on arrival.
“The intensity of the fire has badly affected the Eko bridge truncating movement along that corridor..
“The nature of the fire is disastrous as all Emergency responders are on top of the situation.
“There has been no reported case of injury or death while Fire fighting operations are still ongoing. Update to follow.”
