Popular Market Engulfed By Fire In Lagos

Afimag.com –

A well-known market in Lagos State, Balogun, has been gutted by fire on March 28, 2023.

The fire destroyed physical cash realized from daily sales and other stocks amounting to millions of naira belonging to occupants of Balogun market in a five-storey building.

Africa Investigative Magazine gathered that the fire, mostly affected the segment in the plaza that shoes are sold by women.

Firefighters from two jurisdictions in the state Fire Service had been deployed in to the scene to save the situation.

Recall that there have been several cases of fire incidents in the market, with properties worth billions of naira ravaged in the process.

At the time of filing this report, the cause of the fire remained unknown as the traders lamented over the loss of goods.