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Fire razes shops in Surulere

David Adenekan
David Adenekan
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An inferno resulting from a suspected power surge, on Saturday, destroyed 12 shops at Ijesha area of Surulere in Lagos State.

The Acting Head, Lagos Fire and Rescue Service, Mrs. Margaret Adeseye, made the disclosure while responding to inquiries about the incident, which occurred at about 6.30 p.m.

“A distress call was received from 1, Market Road, Ijesha Street, Surulere at about 18:31hrs today. Isolo and Bolade Fire Stations were promptly detailed to rescue the situation and they completely put out the fire at the incident scene,” Adeseye said.

She further explained that on arrival at the location, the firefighters discovered that the 12 shops, which were attached to a residential building, had been severely burnt.

While disclosing that investigations were ongoing to establish the cause of the fire, Mrs. Adeseye stated that no injury nor death was recorded and the fire was completely extinguished at about 21:03hrs.

She urged the people of Lagos to remain cautious with the use of electrical gadgets and ensure qualified electrical engineers were engaged to fix faults to forestall such occurrences in future.

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