Tragedy: Idumota Automobile Spare Parts Market Gutted By Fire

By Akinwale Kasali

The popular Idumota Automobile Market was  late Friday night, gutted by fire. Several buildings and shops filled with car spare parts at Idumota, under bridge, in the Ebute-Ero area of Lagos Island, were razed. Billions of Naira were lost.

It was gathered that the fire broke out at about 11.00pm. Thankfully, there is no record of any loss of life before the intervention of rescue team.

Men of the Federal and Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, and Nigeria Police, among others, were at the scene to put the fire under control.

The Permanent Secretary, LASEMA, and Director, Lagos State Fire Service, Margaret Adeseye, confirmed the incident.

The immediate or remote causes of the fire incident were yet to be ascertained as at the time of writing this report.

According to Oke-Osanyintolu, “On arrival of the LASEMA Response team at the incident scene, it was discovered that multiple buildings used as shops for sales of car spare parts were found engulfed by fire at the aforementioned location.

“Fortunately, no casualties were recorded at the incident scene. No injuries were sustained.

“Properties and goods worth hundreds of millions of naira were destroyed by the inferno. The rescue team worked together to curtail the fire, preventing it from escalating to adjoining buildings.

“The law enforcement agencies present at the incident scene activated crowd measures to ensure all-round safety at the incident scene.”

It was gathered that the move to  extinguish the fire is still ongoing, while dampening down exercise has commenced to stamp out the remaining pockets of fire.

The rescue teams were able to salvage valuable properties in the affected shops.