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Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service @LagosRescue

Fire has broken out at the Lagos Market on Dosunmu Street as the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service battle the inferno involving a 3-storey building and ading structures.

Update to follows!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ix0tLqwrH8?si=1YigBuSCHwRGuL1L

9jaReporters @The9jaReporters

warehouse worth million of naira currently on fire at docemo street, Idumota market

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5frt46sldQM?si=T4exe4Ygrme2wF9M

https://twitter.com/The9jaReporters/status/1718394429059244432

2% Lie @kaysings10

The house behind is also on fire, the Fire service are presently at DOSUNMU axis trying hard to put out the fire for hours...

House on fire in Lagos Island

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K39hq_g1W0I?si=bbbJt7pipR7KBYL1

https://twitter.com/kaysings10/status/1718369801557467418


Deji Lambo @deji_lambo

VIDEO: Firefighters battle raging fire overnight at Lagos market

The Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service says it has brought the fire that gutted buildings at a market on Dosunmu Street, in the Lagos Island area of the state under control.

The agency’s Director, Margaret Adeseye, in a statement, said the fire which was reported at 8:50pm on Saturday involved “a trio of three-storey buildings.” She noted that the timely intervention of firefighters limited the fire to only the topmost floors of the buildings.

“Meanwhile, the cause of the fire is yet unknown as investigation will reveal thereafter while it affected variety of goods that include key lock/cylinder, decoration fittings, Christmas items, among others which cost could be immediately ascertained.

“There is no record of injury nor death as operations enter dampening down,” Adeseye added.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvX6OW59p1g?si=e3BA-0LM7Rg-XTHT


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjkHeJ888zU?si=Xkv7JRZ9UgQKVG2_

https://twitter.com/deji_lambo/status/1718494858862600211

Businessmen are really losing a lot in lagos. Fire, market closure etc. All these started after elections

I just hope all these fire are natural incidents though

This is terrible!

I hope the fire fighters will put off the fire as soon as possible to prevent too much damages.

May God help us all.

Zionmdde:
Businessmen are really losing a lot in lagos. Fire, market closure etc. All these started after elections

I just hope all these fire are natural incidents though

Pls don't drag politics into everything.

Are you trying to say there was never any fire incident or market closure in lagos before elections?

Lagos Island is becoming a very dangerous place to live

It seems this fire is an annual event. I wonder how difficult it is to instill a safety culture to stop this nonsense.

For inside bad economy

My concern is how fire service trucks will be able to access the ever crowded Dosumu street on Lagos Island

Hmmmmmmm

For inside this hardship so. People still dey lose business and properties 😭

I believe it is time the Government should enforce the installation of fire devices and equipment - Sprinklers, extinguishers and alarms in buildings.

Property owners need to consider these things too from the onset.

Stay safe guys.

My people will blame Lagos state government

If you are can't get close to it, burn it.

Zionmdde:
Businessmen are really losing a lot in lagos. Fire, market closure etc. All these started after elections

I just hope all these fire are natural incidents though

You people and always trying to bring Politics into everything....


We all know Nigeria Market and Fire are like Siamese twins...

I was here yesterday and it is a very sad thing to watch millions burnt

It's expected as we draw into the dry season.
No igbo man sensationalise this, yoruba people too have properties and stores in balogun.

I think they should start taking extreme preventive measures to secure their goods using modern fire extinguishers.

A pity loosing uninsured goods in this harsh economy.

But not to lie, dosumu market is overcrowded and imagine what would occur if one mumu leaves his gas/freezer on overnight.

And one agbero smoke higbo close to such.

Did I hear you say a recipe for DISASTER?

Zionmdde:
Businessmen are really losing a lot in lagos. Fire, market closure etc. All these started after elections

I just hope all these fire are natural incidents though

then go where fire no dey nah, Dem beg u bonkos

Still wonder why our markets are gutted by fire. With all the recent experiences, shouldn't the government ensure there is a fire service unit at least per market?

GboyegaD:
Still wonder why our markets are gutted by fire. With all the recent experiences, shouldn't the government ensure there is a fire service unit at least per market?

It was one idiot that stored knockout in the last floor and it affected other building. Government need to this knockout

GboyegaD:
Still wonder why our markets are gutted by fire. With all the recent experiences, shouldn't the government ensure there is a fire service unit at least per market?

People are living inside this market, and that's why I am always afraid of the Island market.

And highly inflammable chemicals are sold in Dosomu, fabrics as well, to put off this fire will be difficult

In the island market, the ground floors are shops, first-floor shops,s and mini storage houses, second-floor mini storage houses, and third floors are mostly residential houses.

Zionmdde:
Businessmen are really losing a lot in lagos. Fire, market closure etc. All these started after elections

I just hope all these fires are natural incidents though

Shut up, most Dosomu shops are owned by Yorubas, do not bring your tribal mentality into this matter.

adeniranfam:

It was one idiot that stored knockout in the last floor and it affected other building. Government need to this knockout

That's what caused the massive 2012 fire also. It's like there's always a fire outbreak at those markets during the ember months and fireworks is one of the major causes.

naptu2:


That's what caused the massive 2012 fire also. It's like there's always a fire outbreak at those markets during the ember months and fireworks is one of the major causes.

I was also panic because i have a store in same building. The man refuses to store d knockout in the building he bought which is directly opposite our srore. Ayelagbe need to be arrested and must pay for the lost of others.

naptu2:
The only unusual thing this time is that it occurred during the Rainy Season.

It has almost become a tradition that there should be major fire outbreaks at Oko Baba (on the Mainland) and on Lagos Island sometime between September and January every year. The reason for the fire outbreaks is quite obvious.

Oko Baba is a gigantic illegal sawmill. Dry wood is stored haphazardly over a wide area in Ebute Metta. The wood and sawdust is often burnt there, making it difficult for motorists on Third Mainland Bridge to see (driving down that stretch of the bridge is extremely dangerous because of the smoke). The Government has had plans to relocate the sawmills for a very long time. These plans have often been frustrated by people who spread rumours that the government just wants to steal land. It seems as if there is a major fire outbreak at that place every single dry season. There was another fire outbreak there yesterday.

There have also been fire outbreaks at the various markets on Lagos Island almost every Dry Season since the 1980s. One of the reasons for the fires on Lagos Island is the enormous amount of illegal fireworks that are stored there every Christmas season. The fire in 2012 caused such a huge explosion that some people thought that Boko Haram militants had bombed Lagos. The explosion was so powerful that it knocked down part of the building in which the fireworks were stored. The sale, distribution and use of these fireworks have been illegal since the early 1980s, but people keep using them during the Christmas season and so there is a huge market for them and this market is centred around Lagos Island.

The large number of clothes that are sold on Lagos Island also serve as fuel for these fire outbreaks that occur during the Dry Season. On one occasion someone was trying to refuel an electricity generator that was still on and this caused a fire that burnt through bales of fabric.

The 2012 fire.

Massive Fire On Lagos Island.
https://nairaland.unblockandhide.com/1142649/massive-fire-lagos-island

i no say fire dey burn ontop water, but lagos island suppose don create avenue to take dey use the water at their enclose to tackle fire disaster eventhough i know say government no go do anything about that, the people, the community should.. i wont be surprised if drinking water is also a problem there...

Zionmdde:
Businessmen are really losing a lot in lagos. Fire, market closure etc. All these started after elections

I just hope all these fire are natural incidents though

No to the bolded. Fire incidences in Island doesn't have anything to do with elections,it has been an annual occurrence.
Government really need to up their game probably citing fire station even if it's mini in the market.

Godfullsam:


Pls don't drag politics into everything.

Are you trying to say there was never any fire incident or market closure in lagos before elections?

E tire me sef for am