Lagos Balogun market on fire

Fire has gutted a section of a five-storey building in popular Balogun Market, Lagos Island.

The fire which started in Tuesday morning and still on going has, destroyed properties worth millions of naira.

The cause of the incident is yet unknown but the media aide to governor Babajide Sanwolu, Jubril Gawat, has confirmed the incident in a tweet and assured that “two divisions of our Lagos Fire Service are on ground already.”

He said that firefighters from the United Bank of Africa are also helping the state’s operatives to combat the fire.