MRS Filling Station on Lawanson Street in The Surulere Area of Lagos state is currently on Fire. Eyewitnesses who are at the scene and sharing pictures and video of the incident on social media report that the fire is extending to neighboring buildings.
Men of the Lagos State Fire Service have arrived the scene and are trying their possible best to put out the fire.
#lawanson MRS FIRE. BUILDING NEXT TO STATION IS BURNT… Fire service has arrived. pic.twitter.com/GWlyZgwtC2
— Rotimi Iliasu Suleiman (@IAmRotimiIliasu) January 28, 2016
The cause of the fire cannot be immediately ascertained.
Motorists have been advised to take alternative routes to avoid the area as concerned authorities work to put the incident under control.
