Afriland Fire Outbreak: Man Shares Video of Victims Who Died in Lagos Incident, Clip Trends
- A Nigerian man has shared a heartbreaking post on TikTok showing the victims of the Afriland fire incident in Lagos
- In the video, photos of the vibrant young professionals who lost their lives were placed on the walls and tributes were paid to them
- Emotional reactions from netizens trailed the video as social media users mourned their unfortunate demise
A recent fire incident at Afriland towers in Lagos Island unfortunately caused the demise of some professionals.
The incident, which happened on September 16, 2025, reportedly claimed the lives of about ten people who had gone to work on that day.
Source: TikTok
Man displays photos of Afriland fire victims
A video shared by @ispeaklight on TikTok showed photos of the victims, along with their names, dates of birth, and dates of death.
The pictures were placed on walls as a tribute to the deceased professionals who unfortunately didn't make it out alive.
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"My heart bleeds when I saw this may their soul rest in peace Remember the Lagos island fire outbreak that happened last week Tuesday on the 16th of September 2025 this was the victim," the video's caption read.
Source: TikTok
Reactions as man mourns fire outbreak victims
TikTok users stormed the comments section to react to the heartbreaking video.
@E said:
"Am I the only one that thinks that kehinde adeoye looks like adeife adeoye. May God forgive their sins and may their soul rest in peace."
@ADDY said:
"I thought it happened at night. What were they all still doing in the office at that time?? Chai!"
@Makis101 said:
"These people are my son's colleagues, but my son made it out alive on that Faithful day, my heart bleeds whenever I come across their pictures. May their souls rest in peace."
@Baby_Blinkz said:
"Bank, school, hospital & hotel if you’re a stuff in one of this or ur kids. I pity yuhr life if yuh are not spiritually satisfied. ”LIFE IS SPIRITUAL” fortified yourself P&S."
@Makis101 said:
"These people are my son's colleagues, but my son made it out alive on that Faithful day, my heart bleeds whenever I come across their pictures. May their souls rest in peace."
@Omolyn said:
"It’s Afriland Towers Building and they are all staff of United Capital please get the story right."
@Blessing Medoh said:
"I don’t understand, was there no fire alarm in the bank. No fire drill, no extinguish, no training on how to leave the building during emergency. How do all this beautiful soul died at once. May God help us."
@Blossom _e said:
"Kehinde is actually my colleague's close family friend. This is so sad, to think that she just resumed from her maternity leave only to be face with such a fate. May God have mercy and accept their souls."
@prudent onyeoma added:
"I went for interview there 2017 for entry level bank job but unfortunately my age was above 24yrs, I was ask to go ! Who knows I would have been in dat office ! Rip to them! My condolence."
See the post below:
Man dies in Afriland towers fire
Meanwhile, Legit.ng previously reported that the last plan of a young man, Olumide Oyefodunrin, who died in the Afriland Towers fire in Lagos surfaced.
He died a day before his 27th birthday, and his neighbour opened up the last plan he had before dying.
Source: Legit.ng
