By Omowumi Omotosho
Part of the Lagos state electric mass transit rail system, The Blue Line, was on Saturday gutted by fire.
The fire outbreak occurred at a spot opposite NEPA Station, near Eko Bridge in the Apogbon area of Lagos State.
The Special Adviser to the Governor on Media and Publicity, Gboyega Akosile, confirmed the development in a statement on his X handle on Saturday.
Akosile said there were no casualties in the incident at about 4:12pm on Saturday.
The spokesman of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu said: “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.