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The Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service has said that 70 shops were severely damaged in a fire outbreak at Alade Market, Market Street, Somolu, Lagos.
The Service, however, managed to salvaged 101 shops from being damaged by the fire that broke out around 12.30am on Tuesday.
Briefing newsmen, the Ag. Head of the Service, Mrs Margaret Adeseye, said the fire was put out by firefighters from the Ilupeju and Bolade Fire Stations who were swiftly alerted to visit the location.
She said the average land area of 1,944 square metres, accommodating 171 shops of varying sizes, already had 70 of the shops engulfed by fire by the time intervention arrived.
The Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service has confirmed that 70 shops were severely damaged in a fire outbreak at Alade Market, Market Street, Somolu, Lagos.
The Service, however, managed to salvage 101 shops from damage by the fire that broke out around 12.30am on Tuesday.
Briefing newsmen, the Ag. Head of the Service, Mrs Margaret Adeseye, said the fire was put out by firefighters from the Ilupeju and Bolade Fire Stations who were swiftly alerted to visit the location.
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She said the average land area of 1,944 square metres, accommodating 171 shops of varying sizes, already had 70 of the shops engulfed by fire by the time fire fighters arrived to intervene.
Danger averted in Lagos as PMS-laden tanker spills content
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Men of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) and Fire Services in a rescue operation at the accident scene of a 33, 000 litres PMS laden tanker at the Anthony Bridge inward Gbagada, Lagos on Saturday, December 24, 2016.
By Olasunkanmi Akoni
Men of the Lagos State Emergency Management Authority, LASEMA, and another rescue team, on Tuesday, averted what could have resulted into fire disaster when a tanker with registration number LSD 155XT, loaded with 50,000 litres of Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, overturned, spilling its content in the process at Ogudu, under bridge inward Alapere area of Lagos State.