Fire guts Ajao market, properties destroyed

Ajao market was up in flames today, Wednesday, July 1 and properties worth millions of Naira have been destroyed in the fire outbreak.

Although we don’t know the cause of the fire outbreak yet, we learnt that the fire started from a shopping mall close to the market before spreading into the market.

It was also gathered that some houses nearby were affected by the fire.

Workers of the Lagos Fire Service Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) are currently working on putting out the fire.

Nosa Okunbor, the spokesperson of LASEMA, said that the fire started at about 1am today. He added that no casualty has been recorded yet.

“There is a fire outbreak there. It started around 1am but we are there already.

From all indications, the Ajao Main Market has a small shopping mall and from what we gathered, the fire started from the shopping mall and extended to the main market and affected some adjoining buildings.

But the LASEMA Response Team and other stakeholders, including the Lagos State Fire Service and the police are already on ground to quell the fire.

No casualty has been recorded for now.” Okunbor said.