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No fewer than 50 shops were destroyed by fire on Wednesday at Ladipo Auto Spares Market in Mushin, Lagos.
Goods, particularly assorted vehicles spare parts, were burnt at the Osoro section of the market.
Nkire Ezeigbo, PR Officer for the Ladipo Auto Dealers Association, disclosed that the fire started at about 3.30 a.m. from the Osoro/Akinwumi area of the market.
Felix Okoro, Chairman of the Osoro section of the market, said no casualty was recorded but goods worth millions of naira were consumed by the inferno.
The Director of the Lagos State Fire Service, Rasak Fadipe, said his men had responded promptly, adding that the fire was completely put out at 10 a.m.
The fire has temporarily slowed down business activities in the affected section of the market.
