Four shops dealing in electronics in a building at Ikotun, Lagos State, early on New Year’s Day, went up in flames.

The shops are all in a building situated beside GUO Transport Company, Ikotun.

The items included washing machines, television sets and generators.

A man, who lives near the building, said that neighbours were able to prevent the fire from spreading to other parts of the building.

He said that the neighbours used much water to try to put out the fire before the Lagos State Fire Service intervened.

He thanked firefighters for the role they played in quenching the fire and preventing it from razing the whole building.

“If not for their timely intervention, the whole building would have burnt, and the fire would have affected our own,” he said.

The man said that he could not ascertain the cause of the fire but suspected a faulty electric circuit.

The area had been cordoned and no casualty was recorded.

The Great Nigeria Insurance building on Lagos Island and the Army Arena Market at Oshodi were gutted by fire in the past eight days.
(NAN)