One dies, seven injured as fire guts Lagos market

“One fatality was recorded with seven persons injured,” the statement read.

But the Director of Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, Margaret Adeseye, in a separate statement, said five persons were injured in the fire. The statement read in part, “The scenario which involved combustible female shoes and sandals was agog with traders salvaging their wares and bystanders trying to catch the glimpse.

“The usually clumsy terrain quickly became inconvenient and created an impediment for rapid fire fighting operations which is now at dampening down of pocket of fires within the affected structures. “The operations without any casualty however recorded minor injuries to about five persons who were treated and discharged on the spot by the medical emergency.”All rights reserved. This material, and other digital content on this website, may not be reproduced, published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed in whole or in part without prior express written permission from PUNCH.

This perennial fire outbreaks in our markets does not cease to amaze me. This is preventable if the government, her agencies or the market associations are ready to put a stop to it. Why should lives and properties be lost to fire all the time. My condolences to the families.

If it's ladipo market, some zombies would have been, APC thugs set our market on fire.

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