Fire guts 30 shops, kiosks in Adeniji Adele market, Lagos

The fire broke that broke out at the Adeniji Adele market, Lagos, on Sunday gutted no fewer than 16 kiosks and 14 shops.

According to the Lagos State Emergency Agency, (LASEMA) the fire incident occurred in the early hours of Sunday from an unidentified shop.

It was learnt that the fire outbreak was caused by electrical malfunctions.

The spokesperson for LASEMA, Nosa Okunbor, said properties worth millions of naira were salvaged by firefighters.

Okunbor said, “Upon the arrival of the LASEMA Response Team, it was revealed that the inferno emanated from an unknown shop as a result of Electrical/Power surge thereby escalating to other shops on the array line.

“A total number of 16 kiosks and 14 shops were affected by the inferno whilst the rest of the shops were salvaged.

“Properties and goods were salvaged by the Emergency Responders (Federal Fire, LASG Fire, Nigeria Police, and the LASEMA Response Team) as efforts were made to put out the inferno completely.”