Pandemonium broke out on Friday evening, around Ikeja Under Bridge following an explosion from a building that rocked the environs.

An eyewitness told The ReporterNg that the fire stemmed from an exploded solar inverter around Ikeja under Bridge at about 6.30pm.

“The explosion was as a result of an inverter that blew up and Lagos Fire and Rescue are there and there is traffic around the area, with people running helter skelter,” Rabiu Abass said.

Director, Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, Mrs. Margaret Adeseye, confirmed the incident, saying fire fighters were on ground to restore normalcy.

“The situation is under control there is no cause for alarm,” Adeseye assured residents.

As of press time, 8.30pm, men of the state Fire and Rescue Service were still battling to put out the fire which affected a building.

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Spokesman of the Lagos State Police Command, Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this in a statement on Friday.

He said operatives of the Mobile Police and Conventional Police Teams have been dispatched, while the scene has been swept by the EOD Experts to ensure the safety of residents and facilitate a comprehensive investigation to determine the actual cause of the Explosion.

The state Commissioner of Police, Olohundare Jimoh, also visited the scene of the explosion and assured the public that the Command was fully on top of the situation.

Urging Lagos residents to remain calm, Jimoh said investigations were ongoing to determine the exact cause of the explosion and other factors that might have caused the incident,

He stated that “the scene of the explosion and the adjoining area have been rendered safe and secured.”

Meanwhile, five persons inside and around the shop who sustained various degrees of injury have been rescued and swiftly recovered to the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) for medical treatment.

put out the fire which affected a building.