30 shops and stalls have been destroyed by fire outbreak at the Adeniji Adele Market on Lagos Island in the early hours of Sunday, August 23.
Director-general of Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, who confirmed the incident, said a total of 30 shops were affected by the inferno, whilst some were salvaged by fire fighters.
The fire was said to have started around 3am as a result of electrical malfunction in one of the affected shops.
An emergency response team was said to have arrived the market minutes later after being informed to put out the fire was able to prevent it from spreading to other areas.
A statement from spokesperson of LASEMA, Nosa Okunbor partly reads;
Upon arrival of the LASEMA response team, it was discovered that the inferno emanated from an unknown shop as a result of electrical/power surge thereby escalating to other shops on the array line. A total number of 16 kiosks and 14 shops were affected by the inferno whilst the rest of the shops were salvaged
Properties and goods were salvaged by the emergency responders comprising federal and Lagos fire services, Nigeria Police and the LASEMA officials. Efforts were made to put out the inferno completely.
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