, has called upon the state government to mandate regular inspections and the installation of fire extinguishers by market stakeholders to avert devastating property loss and loss of life.
However, to avoid a repeat of such catastrophic loss to properties and businesses, the monarch advised the Lagos government to make the provision of fire extinguishers compulsory requirement for business or property owners in their shops, buildings and other public places. “The situation could have been saved if there were fire fighting equipment such as fire extinguishers are at hand. If there are fire extinguishers in any of the affected buildings, that could have prevented further damage and loss of valuable items.
“I was alerted by this and I hurried to the scene with my fire extinguisher with which the fire was put out without much damage. The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency in a statement, signed by the Permanent Secretary in charge of the agency, Femi Oke-Osanyintolu said no casualties, nor injuries were recorded at the incident scene.