Berlin Market In Lagos Island, Lagos On Fire; 3 Warehouses, 300 Shops Destroyed

 

Over 300 shops have been destroyed by an early morning fire in the popular Berlin Market on Lagos Island, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria. The fire outbreak started at about 5:30am on friday, the cause of the fire is yet to be deterimined.

The area of the Berlin Market that was destroyed is said to have housed different kinds of clothing materials wirth millions of naira. Traders were left to count their losses after the fire rages on for hours before the fire service men could put it out.

According to the General Manager, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, Dr. Femi Oke-Osanyintolu:

“Emergency responders led by LASEMA have successfully contained the fire from spreading. Clothes worth millions of naira have so far been destroyed by the inferno. No mortality was recorded. The fire has so far been put out,” he said.

A government official who craved anonymity said hundreds of shops housing clothing materials were burnt but that the cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained.

“No casualty is recorded and situation is under control. LASEMA, NEMA State and Fed fire are on ground. Operation was initially hindered by accessibility to the area,” he said.

However, Fadipe disclosed that three warehouses at Kirikiri area have been destroyed by fire and that the fire was still raging as at noon.

He said the fire was intense because the warehouses were housing tyres.