There was panic on Abdul Street, along University Road in the Abule-Oja area of Lagos State, on Wednesday after a fire broke out on buildings in the vicinity.
A video shared on X showed thick smoke billowing from what appeared to be two buildings, as residents and passers-by raised alarm and called for emergency responders to intervene.
In the footage, a crowd could be seen attempting to put out the fire with water as the flames continued to spread, triggering panic in the area.
As of the time of filing this report, it was unclear whether the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service had arrived at the scene or succeeded in containing the fire.
The extent of damage caused by the incident was also yet to be established, while the cause of the fire had not been determined.
The incident occurred days after a fire outbreak at the headquarters of the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria in Abuja, where property and other items reportedly worth about N500 million were destroyed.
