Adedokun Waliyu 
Fire has gutted a building at the popular Balogun market in Lagos State.
Barely three months ago, The Nation reported a fire broke out at the Balogun market with several goods worth millions lost.
The fire started in one of the popular market buildings on Thursday morning.
The cause of the fire could not be ascertained as of the time of filing this report.
Operatives of the Lagos State Emergency Agency, Lagos State Fire and Rescue Services said they have responded to a distress call concerning the fire incident.
A statement by the Permanent Secretary of the agency, Dr Olufemi Damilola Oke-Osanyintolu, titled: ‘Situation report on the fire outbreak at Broad Street, Lagos Island’, he said, “The agency responded to distress calls concerning the fire incident involving some shops on the ground floor of a three-story building.
“The cause of the fire cannot be ascertained as no casualty was involved,” he added.
The agency’s response team alongside two Lagos State fire service trucks, two LRU fire trucks and police are present at the incident working together to subdue the inferno.
