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BREAKING: Residents flee as fire breaks out at Olusosun dumpsite again | Photos & Video
Wildfire has broken out again at the Olusosun dump, in the Ojota area of Lagos State, consuming some vehicles, as residents panicked over possible health hazards of the smoke.
While the cause of the fire had yet to be definitely ascertained, TOPNAIJA.NG correspondent on ground confirms that officials of the Lagos State Fire Service, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency and Parks and Gardens are currently battling to put out the fire which stopped vehicular movement.
This is happening for the fourth time in two months, fire, with heavy thick smoke is currently billowing into the air at the Olusosun dumpsite in Ojota area of Lagos State.
This time, the fire is fast approaching properties of Lagos Pentecostal church, Daystar Christian Centre. Staff members of the church had to evacuate the buildings as the fire got thicker.
As many residents, motorists and commuters in the area try to escape, the gridlocks formed have affected the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Tollgate, Seven-Up and the state secretariat areas.
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