Some shops at Ikotun Market, Lagos, have been gutted by fire.
The blaze started on Sunday morning, with the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service saying it received a distress call at 10:24 am.
It said firefighters from Ejigbo and Isolo arrived at the scene at 10:36 am and contained the inferno.
In a video it shared on X, roofing sheets were damaged, concrete walls were broken down into debris and stalls were filled with smoke.
The service did not immediately provide details on the cause of the incident.
Incident: Shops on Fire
Time of Call: 10:24 hours
Time of Arrival: 10:36 hours
Location: Ikotun Market, along Synagogue, Lagos State.
Responding Stations: Ejigbo and Isolo Fire Stations. https://t.co/M3OxJyld1z— Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service (@LagosRescue) November 15, 2026
However, the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority confirmed that there was “no casualty recorded at the moment” and said, “concerted efforts are ongoing to completely extinguish the fire.”
“As a result of the incident, the entire lane inward Synagogue is completely blocked to vehicular movement, and contraflow has been adopted to ease traffic in the axis,” LASTMA said.
It said normalcy had been restored as of 2:23 pm.
[2:23PM]
Update on the fire outbreak
The fire has been put out .
Normalcy has been restored and traffic is flowing better.#FollowLASTMA https://t.co/IoARatNpaw
— LASTMA (@followlastma) November 15, 2026
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