No casualty recorded in Balogun Market, Lagos fire outbreak – LASEMA
The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) on Thursday revealed that there’s no casualty at the Balogun Market Broad Street on the Lagos Island.
Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, the Permanent Secretary, revealed that the inferno started around 1.33 am, Thursday and burned some shops.
“The agency responded to distress calls concerning the fire.
“Upon arrival at the scene operatives encountered a fire involving some shops on the ground floor of a three-storey building.
“The cause of the fire could not be immediately ascertained. Fortunately no casualty was involved in the incident.
“The agency’s response team alongside two Lagos State Fire Service trucks, and the police are currently at the incident working together to subdue the inferno,’’ Oke-Osanyintolu stated.
