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Fire guts shops at Lagos spare parts market


Property worth millions of naira was destroyed in a fire outbreak at a spare parts market in the Idumota area of Lagos State.

In a statement on Saturday, the Permanent Secretary of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, said the fire occurred on Friday night.

Oke-Osanyintolu said a preliminary investigation showed that multiple buildings used as shops for sales of car spare parts were razed.

The statement reads, “Following distress calls via the 767/112 Toll-Free Emergency Lines at 2220hrs, the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency activated its Emergency Response Teams from Lekki, Cappa and the Command and Control Centre, Alausa, Ikeja.

“On arrival of the LASEMA Response Teams at the incident scene by 2255hrs, it was discovered that multiple buildings used as shops for sales of car spare parts were found engulfed by fire at the aforementioned location.

“The immediate or remote causes of the fire incident were yet to be ascertained as of the time of writing this report. However, properties and goods worth hundreds of millions of naira were destroyed by the inferno.

“The LASEMA Shark Response Team, LASEMA Fire Unit, LASEMA Tiger Response Team, alongside Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, and the Federal Fire Service worked together to curtail the fire, preventing it from escalating to adjoining buildings.

“The law enforcement agencies present at the incident scene activated crowd measures to ensure all-round safety at the incident scene.”

Oke-Osanyintolu added that no casualties were recorded at the incident scene, and no injuries were sustained due to the incident.

He said “dampening down” has commenced to stamp out the remaining pockets of fire, noting that salvage of valuable properties in the recovered shops is ongoing.

Oke-Osanyintolu said efforts are ongoing to completely extinguish the fire, and recovery operations are still ongoing.

flokii:
Nigerians take risks too much.. most of those buildings lack proper electrical connections, lack proper spacing, no safety devices and fire extinguishing mechanisms.

If you don't prioritize safety in your business place and facilities, all your efforts and struggles will eventually go down the drain should fire incidents happen. Safety first.

flokii:
Nigerians take risks too much.. most of those buildings lack proper electrical connections, lack proper spacing, no safety devices and fire extinguishing mechanisms.

If you don't prioritize safety in your business place and facilities, all your efforts and struggles will eventually go down the drain should fire incidents happen. Safety first.

blacksam01:
Na lie.. na LASG dey do am

blacksam01:
Na lie.. na LASG dey do am

santaclaws:
But if na for Anambra, no be government. Some of you people just lack the brain to live in a modern society.

Ok LASG is the culprit, go back to your region, una go begin cry say na tribalism!

ZainabSaliu3:
You are correct.

Dandsome:
Remember when some people were threatening to burn business places of people from the eastern part of Nigeria?

Is this the threat being carried out?

blacksam01:
Mumu wey no dey travel, so for ur mind... All yorubas they their region.... No talk wetin go start separation.... Everyone get things to lose

Hotfreezer:
You are from the East. Any Yoruba you see there, send him or her back.
They are the ones to take your place when we kick you economic parasites out.

blacksam01:
Na lie.. na LASG dey do am

Hotfreezer:
You are from the East. Any Yoruba you see there, send him or her back.
They are the ones to take your place when we kick you economic parasites out.

blacksam01:
Na lie.. na LASG dey do am

Freedom4us:
Its obvious that the yorubas want the igbos out.

so why dont they support Biafra, I dont know