By Damilare Adeleye
A fire outbreak has destroyed several buildings used as shops for sales of car spare parts at Idumota, under bridge, in the Ebute-Ero area of Lagos Island.
The fire which started late Friday night, has destroyed properties worth several millions of naira.
According to reports, the fire broke out at about 11 p.m yesterday.
It was gathered that there was no record of any loss of life before the intervention of rescue team.
Also, the immediate causes of the fire incident were yet to be ascertained as at the time of writing this report.
Meanwhile, men of the Federal and Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, and Nigeria Police, among others, were at the scene to put the fire under control.
LASEMA Permanent Secretary, and the Director of Lagos State Fire Service, Margaret Adeseye, jointly confirmed the incident.
According to Oke-Osanyintolu, “On arrival of the LASEMA Response team at the incident scene, it was discovered that multiple buildings used as shops for sales of car spare parts were found engulfed by fire at the aforementioned location.
“Fortunately, no casualties were recorded at the incident scene. No injuries were sustained.
“Properties and goods worth hundreds of millions of naira were destroyed by the inferno. The rescue team worked together to curtail the fire, preventing it from escalating to adjoining buildings.
“The law enforcement agencies present at the incident scene activated crowd measures to ensure all-round safety at the incident scene.”