A fire broke out at a spare parts market in Idumota, Lagos State, destroying property worth millions of naira.
Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, Permanent Secretary of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, stated on Saturday that the inferno started on Friday night.
Oke-Osanyintolu stated that a preliminary inquiry revealed that many buildings utilised as stores for the sale of car spare parts were destroyed.
The statement reads, “Following distress calls via the 767/112 Toll-Free Emergency Lines at 2220hrs, the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency activated its Emergency Response Teams from Lekki, Cappa and the Command and Control Centre, Alausa, Ikeja.
“On arrival of the LASEMA Response Teams at the incident scene by 2255hrs, it was discovered that multiple buildings used as shops for sales of car spare parts were found engulfed by fire at the aforementioned location.
“The immediate or remote causes of the fire incident were yet to be ascertained as of the time of writing this report. However, properties and goods worth hundreds of millions of naira were destroyed by the inferno.
“The LASEMA Shark Response Team, LASEMA Fire Unit, LASEMA Tiger Response Team, alongside Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, and the Federal Fire Service worked together to curtail the fire, preventing it from escalating to adjoining buildings.
“The law enforcement agencies present at the incident scene activated crowd measures to ensure all-round safety at the incident scene.”
Oke-Osanyintolu also stated that no casualties were recorded at the incident scene, and no injuries were sustained due to the incident.
He said “dampening down” has commenced to stamp out the remaining pockets of fire, noting that salvage of valuable properties in the recovered shops is ongoing.
Oke-Osanyintolu added that efforts are ongoing to completely extinguish the inferno, and recovery operations are still ongoing.
