Fire guts Lagos Blue Line track

Fire has gutted a section of the Lagos Blue Line track around the Eko Bridge.

The incident happened on Saturday evening but there was no casualty.

“There was a fire outbreak on a small section of the Lagos Blue Line track at a spot opposite NEPA Station by Eko Bridge inward Apogbon,” Gboyega Akosile, the spokesman to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State, said on his X handle.

“The incident occurred at 4:12 pm. No casualty is reported and no train service at the time of the incident.”

A team of safety officials and other first responders had put out the fire.

“Lagosians in that axis can go about their business peacefully as the situation is under control,” he said.