Video Shows Strange Fire on the Water at a Beach, People Have No Idea What's Burning

Video Shows Strange Fire on the Water at a Beach, People Have No Idea What's Burning

- An unexplainable fire incident has occurred at the Ilase Beach in Lagos

- In a trending clip, the fire raged from the water to the surprise of onlookers

- Plenty of people are quite freaked out by the incident while some passed funny remarks on it and made jokes

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The Ilase Beach located in the creek of Badagry, Lagos state recently saw a strange fire burning on the water. In a video making the rounds across social media platforms, the raging fire formed a thick tall cloud of smoke.

Strange Fire Breaks out on Popular Beach in Lagos, Video Sparks Mixed Reactions
Nigerians react as fire guts popular Lagos beach Photo Credit: Screengrabs from clip shared by @kingtundeednut
Source: UGC

Sharing the clip on Instagram, @kingtundeednut wondered what could have been responsible for the incident as he noted a similar occurrence in another African country.

He wrote:

''Similar fire on water occurrence that happened in Lagos also happened somewhere in Rwanda yesterday. SLIDE ONE is Rwanda, while SLIDE TWO is Lagos. What’s happening? What sign is this?"

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People have expressed concern over the incident while many others tried to give reasons why a big fire would be burning on the water.

There were those who found it hilarious, going by their comments.

@dareynow wrote:

"It’s a sign that it’s time to strengthen diversification of the economy. The creative sector needs more attention and investment. Also, Africa needs to be more united now more than ever."

@iam_slimcase said:

"Something is falling from outer space... trust me, alien ship or something."

@onenaijaboi stated:

"It's an underwater movement of the earth’s tectonic plates causing a rapid increase in temperature and resulting burst of underwater molten magma."

@uncle_monkeyy commented:

"Even water and fire are trying to make it work. Maybe I should go back to my ex and make it work?"

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Meanwhile, Briefly News previously reported on another weird item that went viral on social media, this time a pair of shoes that look like something out of a comedy movie set in the future.

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A local woman might not have gotten the reaction she expected when she proudly took to social media to share images of a brand-new pair of shoes gifted by a partner.

Photos of the blue and orange ball-shaped high heels left some users convinced they belonged in a sci-fi movie while others simply struggled to make out what the shoes were, hilariously comparing them to dishwasher tablets.

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Kelly Lippke (Senior Editor) Kelly Lippke is a copy editor/proofreader who started her career at the Northern-Natal Courier with a BA in Communication Science/Psychology (Unisa, 2007). Kelly has worked for several Caxton publications, including the Highway Mail and Northglen News. Kelly’s unique editing perspective stems from an additional major in Linguistics. Kelly joined Briefly News in 2018 and she has 14 years of experience. Kelly has also passed a set of trainings by Google News Initiative. You can reach her at kelly.lippke@briefly.co.za.