Fire razes shops in Lagos market

An early morning fire erupted at a three-storey building at the popular Balogun Market in the Lagos Island area of Lagos on Thursday.

The cause of the fire could not be “immediately ascertained,” Olufemi Oke-Osanyitolu, the permanent secretary of the Lagos State Management Emergency Agency (LASEMA) said in a statement.

He said the agency received a distress call around 1 a.m.