No fewer than two persons were confirmed dead and property worth several millions of naira lost in an early morning fire that gutted the popular Mile 12 Market in the Kosofe Local Government Area of Lagos State on Friday.
The fire reportedly started at 4:45am. Eyewitnesses said over 20 shops were burnt before the fire was put out.
The General Manager of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, Femi Oke-Osanyintolu, said preliminary investigations revealed that petrol and diesel were stored in the burnt shops. Oke-Osanyintolu said four vehicles, five motorcycles and two trucks were also destroyed.
He said: “Fire outbreak occurred around 4:45am at Mile 12 Market . About 20 shops were completely burnt down, five motorbikes, one car, three buses and two trucks were also burnt. We recovered two dead male bodies from the shops.” The fire was put out at 8.40am.