Popular Ladipo Plank Market Amukoko at the Iganmu Road, Orile, area of Lagos State has been razed by fire before daybreak, goods and property worth millions of naira were destroyed.
Dr. Femi Oke-Osanyitolu, the Permanent Secretary of Lagos State Emergency Management Authority (LASEMA), confirmed the incident on Wednesday morning, said there was no report of any loss of life.
He said, “The agency responded to distress calls and arrived at the scene to discover that the plank market was being gutted by fire,” Oke-Osanyitolu said. “Fortunately, there is no loss of life. However, goods and property yet to be enumerated have been destroyed due to the inferno.”
The cause of the fire incident as at the time of this report could not be ascertained, but eyewitnesses said it started around 12:30 a.m. in the main market.
LASEMA, the Lagos State Fire Service, and the Federal Fire Service, were at the scene as of 6 a.m. trying to put out the raging fire, while the rescue operation continued.