Fire guts Owode-Onirin Market in Lagos, destroys 15 shops
Mon Dec 02, 2019 10:18:am National
2.1K By Afam Jude Offor
Fire on Sunday destroyed 15 shops and damaged other property at the Owode-Oniri Market in Lagos State. The Director-General, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) at the scene that the fire started at 10:27 a.m. NAN reports that a LASEMA team was on hand to put out the fire.
According to the director-general of LASEMA, He said the fire emanated from one of the several lines of shops in the market. The cause of the fire is still unknown as there is no power supply within the market. No life was lost but valuable items were destroyed, though the spread of fire is being curtailed. We have counted the shops, about 15 of them were gutted by fire,” Oke-Osanyintolu said. Oke-Osanyintolu said that the fire started from the metal segment of the market, making traders to call 767/112 channel of the agency. He said that LASEMA coordinated the response to the fire, adding that it got support from the Lagos State Fire Service and market union officials. Meanwhile a cross section of Nigerians are worried over the increased rate of market fires recorded in the last few months, In Lagos state alone more than 3 markets have being engulfed by fire, In Edo one case was reported while Anambra state have also had it's fair share of fire disasters due to petrol tanker explosions. Nigerians are calling on the relevant agencies to put in place more pro-active measures to ensure there is always quick response to fire incidents.
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According to the director-general of LASEMA, He said the fire emanated from one of the several lines of shops in the market. The cause of the fire is still unknown as there is no power supply within the market. No life was lost but valuable items were destroyed, though the spread of fire is being curtailed. We have counted the shops, about 15 of them were gutted by fire,” Oke-Osanyintolu said. Oke-Osanyintolu said that the fire started from the metal segment of the market, making traders to call 767/112 channel of the agency. He said that LASEMA coordinated the response to the fire, adding that it got support from the Lagos State Fire Service and market union officials. Meanwhile a cross section of Nigerians are worried over the increased rate of market fires recorded in the last few months, In Lagos state alone more than 3 markets have being engulfed by fire, In Edo one case was reported while Anambra state have also had it's fair share of fire disasters due to petrol tanker explosions. Nigerians are calling on the relevant agencies to put in place more pro-active measures to ensure there is always quick response to fire incidents.
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