NNPC filling station, Yahaya Abatan Road, Ogba, Ikeja, has caught fire today, Monday afternoon, with a large crowd defying the lockdown order to behold the inferno.
The cause of the fire is not known at the moment.
However, firefighters are said to be having difficulties in putting out the inferno.
Some nearby houses are also reported to have been affected by the fire.
Some people have sent photos and videos of burning station on Twitter.
Some of the tweets indicated that the fire had spread to an auto dealer’s mart and some saying two houses in the area are already engulfed.
Details later.