Several shops have been destroyed by fire at Ikotun Market, along the Synagogue axis of Lagos State, as firefighters worked to bring the inferno under control on Sunday morning.
The Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service disclosed in a post on its official X handle that it received a distress call reporting the incident at 10:24 a.m.
According to the agency, firefighting teams from the Ejigbo and Isolo fire stations arrived at the market 12 minutes later, at about 10:36 a.m., and immediately began efforts to contain the blaze.
Footage released by the service showed extensive damage to the affected shops, with burnt structures, collapsed metal roofing, scattered concrete debris and thick smoke visible across the market. Firefighters were also seen moving through the damaged sections to put out the flames.
The agency had yet to establish or disclose the cause of the fire as of the time of reporting.
In a separate update, the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, said no casualty had been recorded, while efforts to completely extinguish the fire continued.
“There is no casualty recorded at the moment,” the agency said, adding that “concerted efforts are ongoing to completely extinguish the fire.”
LASTMA further announced that the entire lane inward Synagogue had been closed to traffic because of the incident, with a contraflow arrangement introduced to ease movement along the affected route.