70 shops damaged at Alade market fire in Lagos

The Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service has said that 70 shops were severely damaged as a result of fire outbreak at Alade Market, Market Street, Somolu, Lagos.

The Service disclosed that it managed to salvage 101 shops from being damaged by the fire that broke out around 12.30am on Tuesday.

The Ag. Head of the Service, Mrs Margaret Adeseye, briefing newsmen, said firefighters from the Ilupeju and Bolade Fire Stations who were swiftly alerted to visit the location and the fire was put out.

Adeseye, said the average land area of 1,944 square metres, accommodating 171 shops of varying sizes, already had 70 of the shops engulfed by fire by the time intervention arrived.

According to her, “The affected shops, which had various items including food, gas cylinders and other perishable goods, were severely damaged by the inferno.”

Adeseye said the cause of the fire is still being investigated but hinted that its spread may have been aided by gas cylinders inside a gas shop at the market.

She applauded the effort of the Federal Fire Service, Lagos State Emergency Management Authority and the Nigeria Police Force in putting out the fire.