Fire has razed a market in the council bus stop of the Ikotun area of Lagos state, South-West Nigeria.
Gatekeepers News reports that operatives of the State Fire and Rescue Service said the explosion in the area was triggered by a leakage from a gas cylinder in the market.
Director of the State Rescue Service, Adeseye Magaret on Saturday, said the fire quickly spread across the market and before the operatives of the fire service could get there, seven shops had been affected.
The Director said, “The Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service responded to a fire call today at 14:10 hrs when a fire erupted in a market at 2nd Junction, Governor’s Road Council Bus Stop, Ikotun, Lagos.
“The incident was triggered by a gas cylinder leakage and subsequent explosion within one of the shops, rapidly spreading to neighbouring shops numbering seven, necessitating an immediate emergency response.”
Magaret said multiple agencies of the state, including the police, Lagos Neighborhood Safety Corps (LNSC) and Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) were on the ground to curtail the incident.
She added, “Preliminary investigations point to negligence during the refilling of a gas cylinder as the probable cause of the incident.”
