Fire Guts Shops In Alaba International Market, Destroys multi-million Goods

Numerous shops at the Alaba Intenational Market, Lagos, have been burnt by fire which raced through it early morning Friday.

Reports say the inferno destroyed goods worth millions of Naira.

Director of Lagos State Fire Services, Margaret Ogunseye, who confirmed the incident, disclosed that hoodlums prevented fire fighters were from gaining access to the expansive market leaving traders to battle the inferno on their own.

The cause of the inferno is yet to be ascertained.