Fire service swamped as fire razes Trade Fair plaza

A three storey plaza in trade fair complex around Abulado is currently being raised down by fire.

BusinessDay learnt that part of the building is a warehouse loaded with perfumes, which has continued to increase the inferno.

Fire service is currently on ground trying to quench the fire but all to no avail as sounds of blast from the perfumes kept raising flames from the building.

A staff of the fire service expressed frustration with the incident.

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“We are doing our best to quench the fire but as you can see the more we try, the more it seems our efforts are being frustrated,” the fireman said.

Beside the building is a two-storey gradually being affected by the fire as BusinessDay noticed the roofs from the building beside the affected one is already been consumed by the fire.

The cause of the fire is yet to be confirmed but eye witnesses told BusinessDay that it is most likely an electrical issue which aggravated to a full blown inferno as a result of the gas-infused perfumes stored in part of building.

The management of the Trade fair had immediately ordered that marketers evaquate buildings around the environment until the fire has been successfully quenched.

Details later….

Ifeoma Okeke-Korieocha

Ifeoma Okeke-Korieocha is the Aviation Correspondent at BusinessDay Media Limited, publishers of BusinessDay Newspapers. She is also the Deputy Editor, BusinessDay Weekender Magazine, the Saturday Weekend edition of BusinessDay. She holds a BSC in Mass Communication from the prestigious University of Nigeria, Nsukka and a Masters degree in Marketing at the University of Lagos. As the lead writer on the aviation desk, Ifeoma is responsible and in charge of the three weekly aviation and travel pages in BusinessDay and BDSunday. She also overseas and edits all pages of BusinessDay Saturday Weekender. She has written various investigative, features and news stories in aviation and business related issues and has been severally nominated for award in the category of Aviation Writer of the Year by the Nigeria Media Nite-Out awards; one of the Nigeria’s most prestigious media awards ceremonies. Ifeoma is a one-time winner of the prestigious Nigeria Media Merit Award under the 'Aviation Writer of the Year' Category. She is the 2025 Eloy Award winner under the Print Media Journalist category. She has undergone several journalism trainings by various prestigious organisations. Ifeoma is also a fellow of the Female Reporters Leadership Fellowship of the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism.