Multiple fire outbreaks on Sunday destroyed properties worth millions of naira at the Oshodi Resettlement Market and two other locations in Lagos State: Surulere and Alaba Rago.
The incidents were confirmed by the Permanent Secretary of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Dr. Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu.
At the Oshodi Resettlement Market, preliminary investigations conducted by LASEMA could not determine the immediate cause of the fire, which affected two shops.
“Upon arrival at 10:11hrs on the incident scene, LASEMA’s Eagle Response Team discovered some shops attached to a two storey shopping complex that was gutted by fire.
“Further investigations revealed that the fire started from one of the shops before it escalated to the second shop at aforementioned address,” Oke-Osanyintolu stated.
In Surulere, the fire occurred in a one-storey residential building on Ogunsanmi Street.
According to LASEMA, the fire began in one of the rooms on the top floor and quickly spread to adjoining rooms before being brought under control through combined efforts of emergency responders.
A total of seven rooms were destroyed in the incident, while the frontal section of the building and the ground floor were salvaged.
Similarly, at NEPA Road in Alaba Rago, Ojo, a one-storey building comprising four units of two-bedroom flats was affected.
Investigators at the scene could not immediately determine the cause of the fire.
However, the prompt intervention of emergency responders prevented the fire from spreading to other parts of the building and neighboring houses.
Despite the damages recorded at all three locations, there were no casualties or injuries.