A fire incident which occurred in a Housing Estate has claimed the life of a young boy in Lagos.
The 7-year-old victim, identified simply as Sulaimon, was said to have been asleep when the fire started in the Ijaiye Low Cost Housing Estate in Agege.
Sulaimon was in the residence, where he was spending the holidays, with 5 other members of the family.
The other inhabitants got out with varying degrees of injury but the young boy couldn't get out in time.
The incident was confirmed by the the Director of the Lagos State Fire Service, Mr. Rasak Fadipe .