Eleganza Plaza Engulfed By Fire

Today has been a black Sunday for shop owners at Eleganza Plaza in Suru-Alaba Market on  Lagos-Badagry Expressway as Property worth millions were today, Sunday destroyed in an inferno that gutted part of the plaza. Several shops, offices and warehouses were affected.

Vanguard gathered that the fire, which cause was yet unknown, started around, 2 a.m., on Sunday, when the complex was  still under lock and lasted for hours.  

Eyewitness told Vanguard that, officials of Lagos State Fire Service, were at the scene to put out the  fire  which emanated from an office in the complex and  later spread to other parts of the complex.

An Assistant Director, Lagos State Fire Service, Mr. Fadipe Razaaq, who spoke to  Vanguard said he got a report on the incident at abour 3 a.m., and contacted  the fire  station at Sari-Igamu to respond to the situation.

When Vanguard visited the scene, smoke was seen billowing from several windows of the complex while security men prevented people from entering the plaza.