Fire guts Ikotun Market along Synagogue axis in Lagos

Several shops person been destroyed by occurrence astatine Ikotun Market, on the Synagogue axis of Lagos State, arsenic firefighters worked to bring the inferno nether power connected Sunday morning.

The Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service disclosed successful a station connected its authoritative X grip that it received a distress telephone reporting the incidental astatine 10:24 a.m.

According to the agency, firefighting teams from the Ejigbo and Isolo occurrence stations arrived astatine the marketplace 12 minutes later, astatine astir 10:36 a.m., and instantly began efforts to incorporate the blaze.

Footage released by the work showed extended harm to the affected shops, with burnt structures, collapsed metallic roofing, scattered factual debris and heavy fume disposable crossed the market. Firefighters were besides seen moving done the damaged sections to enactment retired the flames.

The bureau had yet to found oregon disclose the origin of the occurrence arsenic of the clip of reporting.

In a abstracted update, the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, said nary casualty had been recorded, portion efforts to wholly extinguish the occurrence continued.

“There is nary casualty recorded astatine the moment,” the bureau said, adding that “concerted efforts are ongoing to wholly extinguish the fire.”

LASTMA further announced that the full lane inward Sy...