Officials of the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service are currently battling to put out the fire that gutted a three-story building and other adjoining structures in a market on Dosunmu Street, Lagos State.
According to the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, the fire that destroyed several buildings at a market on Dosunmu Street in the state’s Lagos Island neighborhood has been contained.
The agency’s Director, Margaret Adeseye, in a statement, said the fire which was reported at 8:50pm on Saturday involved “a trio of three-storey buildings.”
“Meanwhile, the cause of the fire is yet unknown as investigation will reveal thereafter while it affected variety of goods that include key lock/cylinder, decoration fittings, and Christmas items, among others which cost could not be immediately ascertained.
She noted that the timely intervention of firefighters limited the fire to only the topmost floors of the buildings.
“There is no record of injury nor death as operations enter dampening down,” Adeseye added”