Several shops, kiosks and goods worth millions of naira have been destroyed in a fire inferno at Adeniji Adele Market, Lagos Island area of Lagos on Sunday.
The fire began around 3:13am on Sunday.
The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, in a statement said upon arrival of the LASEMA’s Response Team, it was revealed that the inferno emanated from an unknown shop as a result of electrical/power surge, thereby escalating to other shops.
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The spokesperson for LASEMA, Nosa Okunbor, said properties worth millions of naira were salvaged by firefighters.
A total number of sixteen (16) kiosks and fourteen (14) shops were affected by the inferno whilst the rest of the shops were salvaged.
“Properties and goods were salvaged by the Emergency Responders (Federal Fire, LASG Fire, Nigeria Police and the LASEMA Response Team) as efforts were made to put out the inferno completely,” he said.
