A fire that began at Midnight on Friday until the early hours of Saturday has destroyed goods worth millions of naira at the Olaleye Market, Somolu, Lagos.
The fire, whose cause was unknown, started at about 3am on Saturday and engulfed several shops in the market, leading to the destruction of goods worth several billions, the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) said.
According to a statement by the spokesperson of LASEMA, Nosa Okunbor, the operation to curtail the raging fire lasted for over two hours, and officials of the Federal Fire Service were able to avert the spread of the fire to nearby residential buildings.
The cause of the fire could not be ascertained as at the time of this report.
Okunbor said a preliminary report on the fire incident showed that the agency’s response team received a distress call from control room as regards the fire outbreak at the aforementioned location and immediately deployed to the incident scene.
“Upon arrival at the scene, it was discovered that Olaleye Market located at Shomolu was gutted by fire.
“However, investigation is currently ongoing to ascertain the cause of fire.
“Lagos State Fire Service, LRU fire and the Federal Fire Service are currently battling the inferno and preventing it from spreading to other residential buildings,” Okunbor said
