Success Damian
It was a night of sorrow as fire
descended on Ogoluwa Plank Market in Ifelodun Local Council Development Area
(LCDA) of Lagos, destroying goods and property worth millions.
The fire which occurred about 2 am on
Wednesday raised the market with no item left.
A woman who simply gave her name as Iyaloja
Ogoluwa, speaking on the cause of the fire incident said she could not
ascertain the cause of the fire.
“I don’t Know what caused the fire because
it happened in the night. They call me say fire is happening in our market, as
I come I see fire I no no wetin causam.”
On how many people were affected by
the fire she disclosed that everybody in the market was affected, “The fire touch
everybody. I no fit count them.” She added that the area boys in the community
were battling the fire before the arrival of firefighters.
She said the market leaders have
informed the Ifelodun LCDA and the Chairman has paid a visit to the market on Wednesday
so as to see what happened.
Yet a woman who craved anonymity said
the fire was caused by a generator, saying “A man in one house near the market de
on generator and he is using handset light and the gen catch fire, when it
catch fire, he carry the gen and throw it over the fence and the fire enter the
market, she narrated.
A visit to the market shows that the
traders were making effort to put some structures back so that they could start
trading again even as the Iyaloja disclosed that the government has not done
anything for now and begged the authorities and public spirited individuals and
organizations to come to the assistance of the traders in the market as the
place is the only avenue to get their daily bread.
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