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Fire Guts Popular Balogun Market In Lagos, 6th Time In Five Years | Sahara Reporters

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One of the biggest buildings at the popular Balogun Market located on Lagos Island, Southwest Nigeria, was gutted by fire on Thursday morning. A video seen by SaharaReporters shows people making frantic efforts to put out the fire. As of the time of filing this report, the loss and casualties of the incident were yet to be ascertained. This is the sixth time the market has gone up in flames.

A video seen by SaharaReporters shows people making frantic efforts to put out the fire.

“The fire started at about 0045 hours and the concerted efforts of fire men from the Federal and State put out the fire at about 0300. “Accessibility to the source of fire is still very difficult but it is confined to the source,” Farinloye added.A similar incident occurred at the market sometime in November 2019, 2020, 2021 and twice in 2022.SaharaReporters learnt that some of the shop owners affected by the incident openly wept when they got to the scene in October 2022.

But operatives of the Lagos State Emergency Agency , Lagos State Fire and Rescue Services, as well as other responders, were deployed to the market to put out the fire.

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