FIRE RAZES NAVY MARKET, CONSUMES SHOPS

-           About 160 shops were burnt yesterday when fire gutted the mammy market of the Nigerian Navy Town, Alakija, Ojo area of Lagos State.

-          Reportedly, goods consisting of clothing materials, groceries, foodstuffs, drinks and other household items were lost to the inferno.

-          The incident started around 3 a.m. and claimed no human life, but some traders were injured while trying to salvage their properties from the inferno.

-          Allegedly, the fire would not have escalated, but for the “inexperience” of the navy fire fighters from the Fire Ordnance Depot, who did not handle the situation properly.

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