Fire Razes Amu Timber Market In Mushin, Destroys Properties Worth Millions Of Naira

Fire razed the popular Amu timber market in Mushin in the early hours of Saturday destroying properties worth millions of Naira.

The fire which started around 12 am on Saturday morning is still spreading to unaffected areas of the market and residential houses around.

The Nation Correspondent counted more than seven house burnt. Goods worth hundreds of billions of naira were lost to the inferno.

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The shop owners, some of who live in far places could not savage any of their goods.

None of those on ground knew the cause of the fire.

“It couldn’t have been from the electric distribution because we don’t use power from either Ikeja Electricity Distribution or Eko Disco.

“We all use generating set in this market, ” a trader lamented

Some residents lamented that the fire service didn’t respond on time and when their vehicle arrived, it came with half tank water.

“It took another one hour before three more vehicles arrived. I think the state fire service could do better, ” Femi Akiola told The Nation.

Acting Head of Lagos State Fire Service, Mrs. Margaret Adeseye blamed the crowd for the delay in putting out the fire.

“Our men responded swiftly to the emergency call with a vehicle. On getting to the scene, he called for more support and three additional vehicles were deployed to the scene. But we faced similar challenge of crowd control. Our men couldn’t get to the fireplace. We had to call on the police to help push clear the way before the firefighters could access the place, ” Mrs Adeseye said.-The Nation

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