Fire has destroyed several shops at Ikotun Market, along Synagogue in Lagos State, with firefighters working to bring the blaze under control.
The Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service disclosed that it received an emergency call about the incident at 10:24 am on Sunday.
According to the agency, firefighters from its Ejigbo and Isolo stations arrived at the market at 10:36 am and immediately began efforts to contain the fire.
Footage shared by the service showed extensive damage to the affected section of the market, including burnt structures, collapsed metal roofing, concrete debris and smoke billowing from the shops as firefighters moved around the premises.
The agency had yet to establish or disclose the cause of the outbreak as of the time of filing this report.
Meanwhile, the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority confirmed that no casualty had been recorded in the incident, while efforts to completely extinguish the fire continued.
LASTMA stated, “no casualty recorded at the moment” and said, “concerted efforts are ongoing to completely extinguish the fire.”
The traffic agency added that the incident had forced the closure of the entire lane inward Synagogue, prompting the introduction of a contraflow arrangement to ease movement in the area.
“As a result of the incident, the entire lane inward Synagogue is completely blocked to vehicular movement, and contraflow has been adopted to ease traffic in the axis,” LASTMA said.
The Ikotun Market fire comes amid a series of fire incidents reported across Lagos in recent days.
On Saturday, November 14, firefighters from the Sari Iganmu and Isolo stations responded to a fire outbreak at a one-storey residential building on Ola Market in Adedeji, Itire, Surulere.
The fire affected the building’s top floor but was contained at its point of origin, with no casualties recorded.
