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Woman Loses R350k Mercedes-Benz in a Fire Just Hours After Buying It

Thursday, February 11, 2021 at 1:39 PM by Kelly Lippke

- Hours after flaunting her Mercedes-Benz car, a Nigerian lady has lost the luxury vehicle to fire

- A video of the sad incident has emerged on social media and some Nigerians have cautioned against flaunting success online

- When the car was bought, the lady made a video of the interior and exterior to express how happy she was to acquire the new whip

- Some of those that shared their thoughts on the video making the rounds on social media attributed the sad incident to enemies of progress

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A Nigerian lady has lost her N9 million Mercedes-Benz to fire hours after flaunting the luxury car on social media.

In a video making the rounds on social media, the lady could be seen in her whip expressing joy after acquiring the new machine.

Fire razes lady's N9m Mercedes-Benz — A lady is said to be counting her loss after her car went up in flames. Photo credit: Maciej Luczniewski/NurPhoto
Source: UGC

The car, however, went up in flames hours after the lady flaunted it on social media, and Nigerians could not stop talking about the incident.

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After the video was shared on Instagram by @mediagist, a user with the handle @sleekysleekypee wrote:

"Hope she did comprehensive insurance on that vehicle.. If so, then she would be alright."

@horlar_aushbiggie commented:

"Wetin social media go cost some people ehen sorry next time post on Facebook no one cares about your happiness just do it on a low."

@moses_ashadu reacted:

"I saw this car the day it was happening, sad thing is the fire started opposite a fuel station and the fuel station could not help with an extinguisher."

@iambalekzypharah wrote:

"Benz get plenty electrical problem."

In a previous report by Briefly.co.za, a young South African lady headed online to share that she got a brand new car.

The lady with the Twitter handle, @nolokyyy took to Twitter to share pictures of herself and her family standing by her side as she posed with her cute and brand new "baby".