Fire outbreak rocks Lagos city

Fireworks sparked a blaze that quickly spread to other buildings in the Nigerian city of Lagos on Wednesday, authorities said.

The fire started in a shop that is not permitted to store the explosives, said Philemon Leha, deputy inspector general of the Nigerian police.

The fire occurred on the city's Lagos Island in a crowded marketplace filled with highly flammable structures built with wood and iron sheets, police said.

Yushau A. Shuaib, a spokesman for the Nigeria's National Emergency Management Agency, said firefighters, Red Cross volunteers and citizens who volunteered to help suffered injuries.

Shuaib said it took firefighters more than two hours to contain the blaze. He said it spread quickly because of cramped spaces, poor infrastructure and sweltering heat.
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