Fire Guts Popular Balogun Market In Lagos
A four-story building at Balogun Market on Lagos Island, has been gutted by fire on Thursday, destroying goods worth millions of Naira.
It was stated that the incident started from one of the shops of the textiles and shoe building located on Gbajumo. Firemen from the Federal and State Services reportedly battled for three hours before it was put out.
However, while dampening was ongoing, The fire started again by 6 am, while emergency responders attended to it.
Mr. Ibrahim Farinloye, South West Coordinator of the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA said there had been no record of loss of life.
He said, “Presently, the fire has been brought under total control. It has been contained without spreading to other buildings.
“No injury or death has been noticed accessibility to the source of fire is still very difficult, but it is confined to the source”.
