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Midnight Inferno Razes Ladipo Market, Destroys Properties Worth Millions

  • Tragedy struck again as a midnight fire on Saturday razed Ladipo Market a popular shopping plaza in Mushin area of Lagos State.

  • It was gathered that the fire incident occurred early Saturday morning and affected a one-storey building, the Aguiyi Ironsi Plaza, in the market before dawn.

EKO HOT BLOG reports that according to an official of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency who spoke with newsmen, said no casualty was recorded.

The official, however, said scores of shops and goods worth millions of naira were burnt in the inferno.

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LASEMA officials and other first responders including men of the Lagos State Fire Service and the Lagos State Police Command have been deployed to the incident scene.

Recall that in 2021, several properties worth millions of naira were destroyed in an inferno that gutted spare parts sales line, Alapeju section of Ladipo Market, Mushin Local Government Area, Lagos.

Cases of fire outbreak in the Ladipo market has become a regular occurrence.

However, it was gathered that there was no death or injury recorded during the incident.

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