A raging fire on Sunday gutted a sawmill located along Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway, by Awori Bus Stop, Abule Egba, Lagos.
The inferno destroyed planks and other items valued at millions of Naira.
The personnel of the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service and other emergency responders were battling to put out the raging fire as of press time 4:30 pm.
The immediate or remote cause of the incident could not be ascertained as at the time of filling in this report.
However, according to eyewitness, the fire brokeout at about 3:47 pm at the sawmill occupying a vast land in the area.
Affected traders, who stormed the burning market, were seen trying to salvage their goods from the inferno.
