A trio of three-storey buildings on Dosunmu Street, Lagos Island have been gutted by fire leaving many properties worth millions of naira destroyed in the market.
The Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service confirmed the fire and stated that it has been contained.
In a statement, the agency’s Director, Margaret Adeseye said the fire was reported at 8:50pm on Saturday and involved “a trio of three-storey buildings.”
“Meanwhile, the cause of the fire is yet unknown as investigation will reveal thereafter while it affected variety of goods that include key lock/cylinder, decoration fittings, and Christmas items, among others which cost could not be immediately ascertained.
She noted that the timely intervention of firefighters limited the fire to only the topmost floors of the buildings.
“There is no record of injury nor death as operations enter dampening down,” Adeseye added.
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