Fire guts shops at Alaba International market

By Mathew Johnson

Goods worthy millions of naira were destroyed, Tuesday night, erstwhile occurrence gutted a conception of the fashionable Alaba International Market, successful Ojo Local Government Area of Lagos State.

The fire, which broke retired astir 7:18p.m, razed respective lock-up shops located astatine 155, Olojo Drive, other Tantalizers, leaving traders, who resumed yesterday morning, successful tears arsenic they watched years of concern up successful ashes.

The occurrence it was gathered, started from 1 of the shops, which dealt connected furnitures, soon aft energy was restored, erstwhile the marketplace had closed for the day.

Meanwhile, immoderate of the traders, who returned to the marketplace erstwhile they were called connected telephone aft they had closed for the day, lamented the incident, saying they approached the occurrence work astatine the Ojo assembly secretatiat, but were told their was nary h2o successful the occurrence motortruck stationed astatine the council.

But the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service attributed its origin to negligence connected the portion of immoderate store owners.

Meanwhile, a Senior Public Affairs Officer for the agency, Maria Fadairo, explained: “Upon receiving the alert, the Ojo and Ijegun-Egba Fire Stations were instantly deployed to the scene.

“The incidental progressive aggregate lock-up shops of varying sizes situated wrong a two-storey gathering occupying astir 648 quadrate meters, wrong a larger marketplace premises spanning astir 5 hectares.”

“Access to the affected areas proved challenging arsenic astir shops were closed for the day, necessitating forced introduction to summation entree and suppress the fire, a hold that contributed to the dispersed of the flames which was, however, confined to the floor. The affected shops were chiefly progressive successful the merchantability of furnishings items and alternate powerfulness instrumentality with a instrumentality office. Fortunately, nary casualties oregon injuries were recorded.

“Firefighting operations were successfully concluded astatine 10.10p.m., with the enactment of unit from the Federal Fire Service, Lagos State Neighbourhood Safety Corps, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, and the Ojo Police Division.”

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