Fire guts Owode Onirin mart in Lagos

LAGOS - Pandemonium broke out ate Thursday evening when fire suddenly broke our at Owode Onirin Market, known for sales of iron rods, along Ikorodu Road, Lagos State

As of press time, 10.30 pm, the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service was combating the intense fire to prevent it from spreading to adjoining structures.

According to eyewitness, the fire started at about 8 pm, with no casualty reported yet.

Director, Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service,  Margaret Adeseye, who confirmed the incident, said the situation he been brought to normalcy.

Adeseye said “On arrival the fire fighters met well alight and subdued in record time leaving only few shops affected from among multitude of the auto mobile spare parts section of the market.

“There was neither case of injury nor death as damping down of the echelon of fire continues to bring firefighting into conclusion.”

Adeseye, promised to probe the incident, saying, “the cause of the fire will subsequently be investigated thereafter.”