Seven victims confirmed killed in Lagos building fire

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Seven victims have been confirmed dead following the fire incident at the Afriland Tower in the Lagos Island area of Lagos State on Tuesday.

The victims were said to have died in hospitals across the state, where they had been rushed to after being evacuated from the high-rise building.

PUNCH Metro gathered that doctors are battling to save the lives of the remaining victims in the hospitals.

The incident was one of two separate fire incidents that rocked the Lagos Island Business District on Tuesday, which left several others injured and goods worth millions of naira destroyed.

While the first fire started at the Afriland Tower in Marina, the second gutted Mandilas Market and adjoining plazas along Taiwo Street.

According to multiple videos shared on social media and seen by PUNCH Metro, individuals were seen attempting to jump from the Afriland Tower storey building, while others were rescued with the aid of ladders by residents and passersby.

During this process, some individuals sustained varying degrees of injury before the arrival of firefighters.

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