Fire Razes 20 Vehicles In Lagos Customs Warehouse
At least 20 vehicles, including 12 cars and two buses were on Thursday, gutted in a warehouse belonging to the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Federal Operations Unit, FOU, Zone A, Lagos.
It was learnt that the warehouse, which was filled with seized vehicles and foreign parboiled rice, was razed at about noon.
According to an eyewitness, the fire, which razed a substantial part of the warehouse also destroyed trucks and vans fully loaded with seized foreign parboiled rice.
The eyewitness also disclosed that goods worth several millions of naira were destroyed in the inferno.
Speaking to newsmen, the Deputy Head, Lagos State Fire Service, Rasaki Musibau, said that the fire started from a burst cylinder stored under one of the burnt vehicles.
“From available information, the fire started from a burst cylinder stored under one of the vehicles and enhanced by the harmattan, wind” Musibau told newsmen.
Also commenting on the inferno, the Customs Area Controller of the unit, Garba Uba, thanked the fire service for their quick response to combat the raging inferno.
The Customs boss also harped on inter-agency collaboration, saying that that was what helped quell the inferno.
