Shanties around the Ebute Meta area of Lagos State are currently on fire.
Daily Report Nigeria gathered that hundreds of structures have so far been affected.
Eyewitnesses told newsmen that the fire started Thursday morning at Kano by Coates Street.
Sources say many residents have been left with varying degrees of burnt injuries while trying to escape the inferno.
However, details behind the fire outbreak are sketchy as of the time of filing this report.
