A fire outbreak at the popular Dosunmu market on Lagos Island has destroyed four buildings and is spreading to the surrounding stalls.
News Central reports that emergency responders from Julius Berger and the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service have arrived at the scene to bring the fire under control. The fire at the Dosunmu market is the latest in the series of fire outbreaks in markets across the country as the heat wave continues.
Soaring temperatures have led to several fire outbreaks and disturbing trends of market infernos.
Forty shops were destroyed in a late-night fire outbreak on Tuesday in Kumbotso local government area of Kano State.
The affected 40 shops were part of a thriving commercial shopping complex in Kano metropolis.
The business premises, which is adjacent to Zawaciki Housing Estate, were razed down by the inferno.