The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) has said that shops housing goods worth millions of naira have been razed down by fire in Lagos State.
The fire that broke out on Sunday night occurred at Ajah Market by Alesh bus stop in Lekki.
Investigations carried out failed to reveal the actual cost of the fire accident.
LASEMA Permanent Secretary, Dr. Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, said no casualty or injury was recorded during the fire outbreak.
He said, “LASEMA, in response to distress calls from the 767 and 112 toll-free lines at 09.30 hrs, activated its Emergency Response Team from Lekki Base.
On arrival at the incident scene at 22.10 hrs, it was discovered that several shops and stores housing combustible materials were engulfed by fire.
“The LASEMA Response Team, alongside Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, were able to curtail the fire from escalating to adjoining buildings.”
He added that, “The LRT and Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, while fighting the fire, are simultaneously trying to manage the hostile crowd as the two are the only primary responders at the incident scene.”
As of 1:28 a.m., in News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) report, the agency announced that the “fire has been successfully extinguished by the emergency responders at the incident scene, and operation has been concluded.”
Recall that on August 16, several shops within a seven-story building located at Sanni Adewale Street, Lagos Island, were razed down by fire.
By Helen Okechukwu
