At least 24 rooms were burnt down Wednesday morning at Ijeh Police Barracks, Obalende, Lagos.
The fire incident was said to have started at about 3am when residents were still asleep, according to report from The Punch However residents had different versions of the incident.
While some said the cause was an electric surge from one of the rooms in the barracks, others claimed the inferno came from a generator that exploded.
Many residents, who were observed lamenting their property loss to the inferno, said they were woken up by the raging sound of the fire.
A woman who pleaded anonymity said, “The fire raged in several rooms.
We were woken up by the screams of ‘fire fire help help’.