Lagos Fire Service douses inferno on Martins Street

The Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service has doused a fire outbreak at 74, Martins Street, by LSDPC Building, Lagos Island.

Director, Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, Adeseye Margaret, said on Thursday, 2 January 2023 that the emergency which was reported at 12:19 hours, saw Ebute Elefun, Oniru and Alausa Headquarters fire crews of the agency confine the Fire to the topmost floor of the three-storey building where it emanated from.

She said: “The structure is being used for trading in textile materials on the ground floor and then the first floor has shops while the second and third have stores for clothing materials.

“It is on record that no injury or casualty is recorded in the operations which are being rounded up as damping down in progress.

“The investigation into the cause of the incident will commence immediately after the mitigation is concluded.”