Two buildings were razed on Saturday during a fire outbreak at the popular Amu Plank Market in Mushin, Lagos State.
Director-General, Lagos Emergency Management Agency, Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, said this on Saturday.
NAN reports that many shops and buildings at the Mushin plank market went up in flames during the fire, which started around 11pm on Friday.
Amu market is a popular stockist of building materials ranging from tiles, planks, various imported doors, and paints, among others.
Oke-Osanyintolu said the response teams arrived at the scene in Mushin at 1:52 am on Saturday after receiving a call that the Amu building material market was on fire.
According to him, the outbreak culminated in heavy explosions of plywood and asbestos materials being stored in the market.
“The Lagos State Fire Service, the Federal Fire Service, and LASEMA were dispatched to the scene.
“Due to the highly flammable nature of the wooden and polyvinyl materials, the fire continued to rage with intensity.
“There is no loss of life, two buildings have been affected by the fire while the main market with goods and merchandise worth billions of naira had already been consumed in the fire,” Oke-Osanyintolu said.
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