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Breaking! A Section Of Balogun Market, Lagos Island Gutted By Fire

A section of a five-storey building in popular Balogun Market, Lagos Island was today, Tuesday gutted by fire, the cause and magnitude of the fire are yet unknown.

However, emergency response units, the police, security agencies and the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), arrived at the scene of the fire and carried out a rescue operation.

Substantiating the incident, Jubril Gawat, a media aide Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu said: “The Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service is currently attending to a Fire outbreak at the famous Balogun Market which involved the topmost floor of a five storey building.

“The Fire is however under control as mitigation are on to limits it spread.”

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