A fire outbreak has destroyed several shops at Ikotun Market along Synagogue in Lagos State, with firefighters working to bring the situation under control.
The Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service said it received an emergency call about the incident at 10:24 am on Sunday.
According to the agency, firefighters from the Ejigbo and Isolo fire stations arrived at the market at 10:36 am and immediately began efforts to contain the blaze.
Footage shared by the service showed severely damaged market structures, collapsed metal roofing, scattered concrete debris and thick smoke around the affected shops.
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The cause of the fire had yet to be determined as of the time of reporting.
Meanwhile, the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority confirmed that no casualty had been recorded at the time of its update.
The agency said efforts were ongoing to completely extinguish the fire.
It also announced that the lane inward Synagogue had been completely blocked to vehicular movement because of the incident, while traffic officials introduced contraflow to ease movement in the area.
The fire outbreak comes amid a series of similar incidents recorded across Lagos in recent days.
On Saturday, November 14, firefighters responded to another fire at a one-storey residential building on Ola Market in Adedeji, Itire, Surulere.
The fire affected the building’s top floor but was successfully contained, with no casualties reported.
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