Operatives of the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Services and the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency are now responding to a fire outbreak at the Oko Baba plank market in the state’s Ebute Metta region.
An X user, Adedeji Olalekan, tweeting as #Stylomedia, said on Sunday that the inferno also affected the market’s shanties.
He tweeted, “Okobaba Street is on fire now; all the shanties are burning.”
LASEMA’s spokesperson, Nosa Okunbor, confirmed the event in a brief WhatsApp message, saying emergency personnel are on the scene conducting a search and rescue operation.
Okunbor said, “LASEMA Response Team, LRU Fire Unit, Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service in search and rescue operation at Oko Baba plank market by Ibadan Street, Ebute Metta.”
Details later…
