No casualty as fire guts section of Tejuosho market

The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency says there were no casualties in the fire outbreak at Tejuosho market.

In a statement on Wednesday, Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, LASEMA permanent secretary, said the agency responded swiftly and curtailed the incident. “Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, received distress calls via its 767 and 112 toll-free emergency numbers at 12:19 hours and activated the Lagos state emergency response plans,” the statement reads.

“Upon arrival at the incident scene, it was discovered that several wooden shanties along the Tejuosho canal were gutted by fire.”Oke-Osanyintolu said the fire was caused by an unattended meal being cooked by a member of the community.“Investigations at the incident scene revealed that the fire started in one of the rooms where a member of the community who was cooking had left the meal unattended on the fire,” Oke-Osanyintolu said.

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