The Permanent Secretary of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, in a statement said the fire occurred last night.
Oke-Osanyintolu said a preliminary investigation showed that multiple buildings used as shops for sales of car spare parts were razed.
He disclosed that the LASEMA Shark Response Team, LASEMA Fire Unit, LASEMA Tiger Response Team, alongside Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, and the Federal Fire Service worked together to curtail the fire, preventing it from escalating to adjoining buildings.
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Oke-Osanyintolu added that no casualties were recorded at the incident scene, and no injuries were sustained due to the incident.
He said “dampening down” has commenced to stamp out the remaining pockets of fire, noting that salvage of valuable properties in the recovered shops is ongoing.
Oke-Osanyintolu said efforts are ongoing to completely extinguish the fire, and recovery operations are still ongoing.