Fire Guts Ladipo Spare Parts Market

Fire has gutted the Alapeju section of the Ladipo market in Mushin area of Lagos state.

Officials of the Lagos state fire service who arrived at the scene said the incident happened on Sunday morning.

Speaking on the incident, the DG/CEO, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Dr. Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, said the fire has been curtailed and the damping down was ongoing at the time of filing this report.

“A combined team comprising of LASEMA Response Team, Lagos Response Unit (LRU), Lagos State Fire Services, and the Federal Fire Service made efforts to subdue the inferno and prevented it from spreading to the surrounding buildings,” he said.

As of the time of filing this report, the cause of the fire has not been ascertained.

“We are currently attending to Fire emergency at spare parts sales line, Alapeju section of Ladipo Market, Mushin Lagos,” the agency wrote on Twitter.

Earlier in the month, a section of the Cairo market in Oshodi-Isolo LGA, was razed with goods worth fortune lost in the inferno.