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Views: Visits 14 By Olasunkanmi Akoni Several property worth millions of naira were in the early hours on Sunday, destroyed in an inferno that gutted spare parts sales line, Alapeju section of Ladipo Market, Mushin Local Government Area, Lagos. In another incident, fire gutted a building at 36, Abeokuta Expressway, Cement, Dopemu, Lagos, razing the building to rubble. At press time, the cause of the fire incidents which reportedly started at about about 7 am, were yet to be determined. It was however, gathered that here was no death or injury recorded during the incident. Director General of Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, Dr. Femi Oke-Osanyintolu, and the Director, Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, Mrs. Margaret Adeseye, confirmed the incident.
Pictorial: Fire raze spare parts building in Lagos market
Segun Adewole
Published 31 May 2021
The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency has successfully put out the fire that gutted a section of the popular Ladipo spare parts market in Mushin Local Government Area of Lagos.
The fire was said to have started from one of the shops at the Alapeju section of the market on Sunday morning.
No injury nor fatality was recorded as men of LASEMA responded timely to prevent the fire from spreading and causing further damage to properties worth millions of naira.
A statement issued by the Head, Public Affairs LASEMA, Nosa Okunbor, said the incident attracted the attention of residents and also brought traders residing close to the market to their shops in order to either remove their wares or assist in putting out the inferno.
Several property worth millions of naira were in the early hours on Sunday, destroyed in an inferno that gutted spare parts sales line, Alapeju section of Ladipo Market, Mushin Local Government Area, Lagos.