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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