SWITZERLAND, NOVEMBER 08 – Traders scrambled to save whatever they could, from their wares as a huge inferno engulfs the Okobaba Plank Market in Ebute Metta, mainland Lagos on Friday.
This is the second major fire incidence in Lagos within 5 days. There was a major fire at the Balogun market in Lagos Island on Tuesday.
According to media sources, the fire started in a building at the market and extended to 5 other buildings.
Breaking: A building on Jebba by Okobaba Street, Lagos Mainland is currently on fire. pic.twitter.com/s6ixLnhPb8
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