Fire guts Lagos market

Fire has gutted Maola Shopping Mall in the Ebute Ero Market at Idumota, Lagos State.

The cause of the fire, which affected shops 35 and 36 in the shopping mall, was unknown as of the time this report was filed.

The Director-General, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, said emergency responders had curtailed the fire, adding that no casualty was recorded.


He said, “Upon the arrival of the emergency responders at the scene, it was revealed that a building, the Maola Shopping Mall, was affected by fire of an unknown origin.

“A combined team of the LASEMA responders from Lagos Central Zone, the Lagos State Fire (Sari Iganmu), Federal Fire Service and the Nigeria Police Force was able to curtail the flames and only the top floor of the building (shop 36 and 35) was affected with no casualties.