Popular Lagos market, Alaba International Market, has gutted by fire on Friday.
The fire gutted some shops of the market which is located around Ojo area of the state.
The number of casualties could not be verified at the time of this report.
The Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service in an update by its director, Margaret Adeseye, said that fire crew from Ojo, Sari-Iganmu and Ajegunle are “being turned back by angry mobs from performing their statutory duty but presently on standby.
“The agency is consequently collaborating with security agents to address it,” she said.
