About 50 shops were destroyed by fire at Ladipo Auto Spares Market, Mushin, Lagos. Goods, particularly assorted vehicles spare parts, were burnt at the Osoro section of the market. It was learnt that the fire that started around 2am was caused by gas explosion. Another source said it was caused by the irregularity of power supply. The traders were shocked when they got there in the morning, lamenting loss of goods worth millions of naira.
A trader, Chukwu Ebuka Ekeneze from Enugu State said that the fire was caused by “gas explosion.” “The fire was caused by gas; there is a woman who cooks nearby we heard her gas was left on and that lead to the fire outbreak,” he said.
Another aggrieved shop owner, simply known as Emeka said “We got to the shop this morning and found our things burnt; the fire started 3am this morning, we could not salvage anything. My neighbour kept N2 million in his shop but getting here it was all burnt, we picked the money and all we could feel was the ashes. The security men on duty immediately alerted fire fighters, but they arrived the scene around 6am.”
