Popular Lagos Market hub ‘Balogun Market’ was gutted with fire this afternoon, the fire destroyed properties worth hundreds of thousands of Naira. Newsmag.com.ng reports.

Despite the intervention of government and private firefighters, the traders– some of whom are victims of the inferno–lamented the inability of the firefighters to put out the fire.

Occupants of near-by buildings had to quickly evacuate their shops as the inferno spread.

All the shops in the burning section of the market were shut down.

According to reports from Pulse the fire was still raging hours after they arrived at the market.

One of the traders who identified himself as Bayo Owosanmi, said “it is over six hours and as you can see, the fire is still burning. The government keeps failing us everyday, it’s taking forever to put out this fire.”

According to another trader in the market who preferred anonymity for this story, the firefighters looked confused. He said, “they have been struggling to put out this fire, but still yet to put out. I’m still wondering if I’m really experiencing this. I’m here witnessing our firefighters’ failure put out this fire.”

https://newsmag.com.ng/traders-at-balogun-market-in-lagos-laments-over-inability-of-the-firefighters-to-put-out-the-raging-inferno/