A total of four buildings have collapsed due to the intensity of the fire that engulfed part of Dosunmu Market on Lagos Island on Tuesday.
According to the News Agency of Nigeria, the Lagos Territorial Coordinator, National Emergency Management Agency,Mr Ibrahim Farinloye said that 14 other buildings were seriously impacted by the inferno.
Farinloye said the cause of the fire, according to sources, could be attributed to the refuelling of a running generator at the market, which resulted in the fire could not be contained.
Emergency responders at the scene of the event included NEMA, Federal and State Fire Services, the Nigeria Police, and fire service of the Nigeria Ports Authority.
It would be recalled that fire reportedly gutted the popular Dosunmu Market in Lagos Island.
An X user, who shared a video from the scene, said the fire was due to a generator explosion on Tuesday.
The X user, “Just in guys, Eko Idumota (Dosunmu) Market on fire due to generator explosion, and no firefighters in sight yet.”
