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VIDEO: Fire Guts Three Buildings In Popular Lagos Market
The fire affected various goods, including key lock/cylinders, decoration fittings, and Christmas items…
A fire engulfed three three-story buildings on Dosunmu Street in Lagos Island, causing extensive damage to properties.
The fire was reported at 8:50 pm on a Saturday, but it has been contained by the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service.
The cause of the fire remains unknown, and investigations are ongoing.
The fire affected various goods, including key lock/cylinders, decoration fittings, and Christmas items, with the exact financial losses yet to be determined.
VerseNews reports that the agency’s Director, Margaret Adeseye, in a statement, said the fire which was reported at 8:50pm on Saturday involved “a trio of three-storey buildings.”
“Meanwhile, the cause of the fire is yet unknown as investigation will reveal thereafter while it affected variety of goods that include key lock/cylinder, decoration fittings, and Christmas items, among others which cost could not be immediately ascertained.
She noted that the timely intervention of firefighters limited the fire to only the topmost floors of the buildings.
“There is no record of injury nor death as operations enter dampening down,” Adeseye added.
Watch video below:
Fire has broken out at the Lagos Market on Dosunmu Street as the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service battle the inferno involving a 3-storey building and adjoining structures.
Update to follows! pic.twitter.com/KXa31WSNh8— Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service (@LagosRescue) October 28, 2023
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