Around 6,700 traders lost their goods to the fire that gutted the popular Mandilas building on Broad Street, Lagos Island Local Government Area of Lagos State on Sunday.
Similarly 450 shops, 30 offices, two hotels, and five restaurants also suffered casualties as a result of the inferno that affected the 14-storey building.
That was the account of the Lagos State Coordinator of the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, Ibrahim Farinloye.
The latter stated this via a statement he released on Monday.
“The impacted traders are estimated to accommodate about 6,700 traders, 450 shops, 30 offices, two hotels, and five restaurants, according to the Iya Oja of the Atunwase International Market Mandilas General, Alhaja Adeniji Rashidat, who briefed the assessors.
“The fire which started at about 0011 hours began at the first floor where an alleged wielding activity was going on.
“It was alleged that the people around did not notice the fire until it was too late before the fire service was contacted. The fire, also, spread to surrounding market stalls at the Atunwase International Market with equal extensive damage as the main complex,” Farinloye narrated.
