By; RAYMOND TEDUNJAYE, Lagos
A three-storey building located at popular Balogun Market in Lagos Island has been gutted by fire, with property estimated at several millions of naira destroyed.
The building is said to be warehoused with clothes and shoes in the popular Balogun Market located on Broad Street.
It was gathered that the fire, which broke out late Wednesday night, was put out by emergency responders, but it started again around 3am on Thursday.
The South-West Coordinator of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) hinted that the building housed warehouses and firefighters encountered some challenge gaining access to the building because of the iron bars.
He, however, said the fire has been brought under total control without spreading to other building.
Also, the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), in a statement, said though the cause of the fire could not be immediately ascertained, no casualty was involved in the incident.
The LASEMA chief, Damilola Oke-Osanyintolu, said the response team including the Lagos State Fire Service trucks and the police are presently at the incident working together to subdue the inferno.
