Shops destroyed as fire guts auto parts market in Lagos

The affected shops contained automobile spare parts.

Adeseye Margaret, director of Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, in a statement on Wednesday, said the cause of the inferno has not been ascertained.Margaret said a male adult was “discovered” by police officers around the scene of the incident. “At about 03:28 Wednesday wee hours, a Fire outbreak was alerted to Akere Spare Parts Market, Kirikiri Road, Akere Bus Stop, Olodi-Apapa, Ajegunle, Lagos that saw the Ajegunle Fire Station of the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service as first respondent,” the statement reads.

“Upon arrival, it was discovered that rows of shops that traded in auto spare parts was well alight that led to Sari-Iganmu and Ilupeju Fire Crews of the Agency joining up to subdued the raging Fire and salvage a nearby major market Petroleum Filling Station with a fully loaded 33,000 liters PMS tanker amongst other adjoining buildings.

Margaret said it will require a “detailed investigation” to ascertain the cause of the fire “as well as post-incident examination to account for the number of lockup shops and wares lost”.

APC Thugs burnt Igbo shops

This is pure madness!!

The yoruba should understand that quite doesn't mean weakness. Obidiot and there Fake LP Candidate is coursing harm to our people. BiafraExit BiafraReferendum

Fire from the 'holyghost'. Smelly media

Oh please, just go ahead and say the truth will ya?

YORUBA PEOPLE, why do you hate Igbos this much

I'll unfollow you nonsense next you report bigotry

Tell people exactly what happened 😠

Igbos don really suffer for this country

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