Lagos market is ravaged by fire, destroying properties and products valued at millions of naira.
A fire that overtook the Ajah market near Alesh bus station in the Lekki neighborhood of Lagos destroyed properties and products valued at millions of naira.
On Sunday evening, November 3, 2024, the occurrence took place.
In a statement released on Monday, Dr. Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, the Permanent Secretary of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), acknowledged the occurrence.
“LASEMA deployed its Emergency Response Team from Lekki Base in response to distress calls from the 767 and 112 toll-free lines at 09.30hrs,” he stated.Upon reaching the location of the event at 22.10 hours, it was found that a number of stores and establishments that contained flammable items had been completely destroyed by fire.As of the time of writing, investigations showed that the precise origin of the fire was still unknown.
This report. However, he stated that there were no reported injuries in the incident.
“The incident scene fire has been successfully put out by the emergency responders, and the operation is now complete,” Oke-Osanyintolu continued.
Firebreaks have typically been present in Lagos markets. Millions of naira worth of commodities were burned in the September 2024 fire that destroyed the Oko-Baba plank market in Ebute-metta.
Fire “consumed the main plank market, major parts of the shanties, and goods worth millions of naira,” according to LASEMA spokesperson Nosa Okunbor, who confirmed the event.
Near the Third Mainland Bridge, on the Lagos lagoon, is the expansive Oko Baba timber market.
Around 10 a.m. on Sunday, according to Okunbor, the agency got distress calls about the fire outbreak.
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