Earlier today i posted about the fire incidence that occured in eko market and now the statistics of damage is as written below.
No fewer than 500 shops have been razed in another midnight fire at the Berlin Market, Marina on the Lagos Island on Friday.
Property estimated at millions of Naira were lost in this latest
incident, which is coming barely 24 hours after two men lost their lives
and many rendered homeless in a similar fashion in the Ijora Bardia and
Iwaya, Yaba areas of Lagos State on Thursday.
The Director of the Lagos State Fire Service, Rasak Fadipe, said the
shops were constructed in rows and occupied about two acres of land in
the area.
Fadipe explained that more than five fire trucks loaded with 10,000
litres of water each, from different divisions of the agency had been
deployed in the scene.
The spokesperson for the National Emergency Management Agency in the
South-West, Ibrahim Farinloye, added that firefighters were having
difficulty accessing the area due to some obstacles.
“A fireman from the state fire service was injured after some urchins dragged the hose with him,” he said.
Rescue agencies from federal, state and corporate organisations are
among those at the scene as firefighting operation is still ongoing.
Meanwhile another fire outreak on Thursday afternoon at the Kirikiri area of Lagos, involving three warehouses, is still raging.
Fadipe said efforts were also ongoing to put it off
He added that a 12-room building was also gutted by fire around the Ilasamaja area of Isolo overnight.
reference: punch