A portion of the Jankara International Market in the Ijaye-Ojokoro area of Lagos State was razed by fire on Monday.
According to report, the fire at the Jankara Market was caused by an electrical surge few minutes to midnight. It wrecked havoc and by the time it was put out by fire service men, a lot of goods had been destroyed.
Confirming the incident, the Director, Lagos State Fire Service, Fadipe Idowu said, “Nine different brands of vehicles and 12 lock up shops were severely damaged. The fire was prevented from spreading to other shops and vehicles in the market.”
As the traders were mourning their losses, hundreds of people were also rendered homeless, while property worth millions of naira were destroyed in another fire outbreak at Obi Osa Street in the Itire-Ijesha area of the state.
The Obi Osa Street inferno was said to have started around 1pm on Monday. It gutted three houses.
Panicky residents were seen battling to save some of their property from the fury of the raging flame.
According to the spokesperson of the National Emergency Management Agency, South-West Zone, Ibrahim Farinloye, the fire was caused by an electric spark in one of the affected residential buildings, adding that despite the huge material loss, nobody died.
TRAGEDY: Fire Razes Market, Houses In Lagos
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