Another fire outbreak has been reported in Lagos state, this time at the Jakande plank market which is just behind the Community Health Centre in Ketu.
According to sources, the incident stared after a prepaid metre sparked and caught fire at about 4am.
The fire gutted many houses on the street in the process and continued to raze more properties and valuables at the plank market.
Naij.com learnt that properties destroyed by the inferno were worth millions of naira. However, fire service men have arrived at the scene to put out the fire as at the time of filing this report.
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Millions of properties have been lost after a fire outbreak in Jakande plank market in Ketu (Photo credit: Emmanuel Osodi)
fire outbreak at Jakande plank market just behind the Community Health Centre in Ketu, fire service men try to put out the fire (Photo credit: Emmanuel Osodi)
Prepaid metre said to have started the fire at the Jakande plank market just behind the Community Health Centre in Ketu (Photo credit: Emmanuel Osodi)
fire service men try to put out the fire (Photo credit: Emmanuel Osodi)
More fire service men try to put out the fire (Photo credit: Emmanuel Osodi)
Cars, houses destroyed as fire razes Jakande plank market in Ketu, Lagos state (Photo credit: Emmanuel Osodi)
Nigerians watch on as millions of properties hit by fire in Jakande plank market in Ketu, Lagos state (Photo credit: Emmanuel Osodi)
Houses brought down to ashes as fire razes Jakande plank market in Ketu, Lagos (Photo credit: Emmanuel Osodi)
Nigerians watch on as millions of properties go down after fire outbreak in Jakande plank market in Ketu, Lagos state (Photo credit: Emmanuel Osodi)
Traders try to rescue some properties after the inferno (Photo credit: Emmanuel Osodi)
This comes just a week after a similar incident occured at the Samsung Digital Centre on Allen road, Ikeja, Lagos state.
According to sources, the fire started from the company’s service centre.
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