By Oluwakemi Adelagun
A late Sunday night fire has destroyed “several shops and stores housing combustible materials” worth millions of naira at Ajah market in the Lekki area of Lagos, an emergency official said on Monday.
Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, permanent secretary of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (Lasma), said the fire started on Sunday night at the market situated by the Alesh bus-stop in the area.
The agency said no casualty or injury was recorded in the incident but “properties worth a fortune were destroyed in the inferno”. Firefighters were able to extinguish the blaze.
As of 1.28am, the agency said the “fire has been successfully extinguished by the emergency responders at the incident scene”, and “operation concluded”.
Incidents requiring emergency responders in Lagos are not uncommon. On 16 August, a fire outbreak at Lagos Island affected several shops within a seven-storey building.
Also, in the same month, there was a fire involving a gas truck at a Mobil filling station, Allen Roundabout, near the Airport Hotel. The fire destroyed eight vehicles, including the gas truck.
In September, the Oko-Baba plank market in Ebute-Metta, Lagos was engulfed by fire, destroying goods worth millions of naira. Also, recently, a fire disrupted the blue rail train services.
