A fire outbreak has razed multiple buildings used as shops for auto spare parts with goods worth millions of naira destroyed at the popular Ebute-Ero Under-bridge Market, adjacent to Carter Bridge in the Lagos Island area of Lagos.
It was gathered that the fire broke that out late Friday night still raged till the early hours of Saturday, November 30, 2024.
Permanent Secretary, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu disclosed this in a statement on Saturday.
He said LASEMA received a distress call at about 10:20 pm on Friday. “Following distress calls via the 767 and 112 toll-free emergency lines at 2220 hrs, LASEMA activated its emergency response teams from Lekki, Cappa and the Command-and-Control Centre, Alausa, Ikeja.
“On arrival at the incident scene by 2250hrs, it was discovered that multiple buildings used as shops for sales of car spare parts were found engulfed by fire. The immediate or remote causes of the fire incident were yet to be ascertained
“Property and goods worth hundreds of millions of naira were destroyed by the inferno,” he said.
He however stressed that no life was lost and no one was injured at the scene of the inferno.
Oke-Osayintolu said the agency, alongside some responders such as the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service and the Federal Fire Service were at the scene to prevent the fire from escalating to adjoining buildings.
“The law enforcement agencies present at the incident scene also activated crowd measures to ensure all-round safety at the incident scene. Frantic efforts are ongoing to completely extinguish the fire,” he added.
Oke-Osayintolu added that dampening down has commenced to stamp out the remaining pockets of fire, saying “Salvaging of valuable property in the recovered shops is ongoing and recovery operation still ongoing.”
LEADERSHIP recalls that no fewer than 11 shops were razed by a fire incident that led to the destruction of goods worth millions of naira on Tuesday at the Alayabiagba boundary market in the Ajegunle area of Lagos State.
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