 A market fire in Oshodi, we've been showing videos of that fire, you know, just as we tease for this particular incident, but it was just such an unfortunate thing to see. You know, market fires in Nigeria have seemed to be something, you know, common. It's at the Abibatsu Mangaji market, also known as the Kairu market in Oshodi. No one knows as we speak what the cost of the fire is, you know, but so much speculation so far, you know, reports say from what we've gathered, you know, from social media users that the fire went on for about one hour. You know, others said, you know, firefighters came to the market about two times, but could not put the fire off. And another user on Twitter said she called 112, the emergency response number for, she called the number several times and she was put on hold for about 10 minutes. So that's the situation of things right now. The Kairu markets, you know, got engulfed in flames last night, and we hope to speak to, we hope to speak to, you know, people in the fire service about this. Okay, because it is really a very sad incident, you know, when we have fire outbreaks like that all over Lagos, but over time it's, what would have thought that the Lagos State Tem Fire Service and of course the Emergency Management Authority have actually been able to circumvent all of that and, you know, because over time, when there are outbreaks, you know, it has been forestowed over time in Lagos. All right, so we have the spokesman of the Lagos Fire Service with us to bring more clarity on the situation. Good morning, sir. Good morning, ma'am. Good to have you join us on the breakfast this morning. Please bring us up to speed regarding that market fire in Osho the last night. Okay, the market fire was actually reported to us by 2010. That's a 10 minutes past 8 p.m. last night. And then it's just as soon to from the nearest fire station there, that's at Bola Day inside the safety arena. So that was the first fire engine that turned out there. So two other fire engines also raised down there from Lupaidju as well as the headquarters from Alousa so that the management and more experienced hands can be on top of the situation as it escalates. Okay, what's the situation presently? Can you bring us up to speed specifically as per what we have in hand, whether any casualty and the severity of the fire? Can you just tell us more? Okay, there is no casualty. There is no casualty and no injured persons that we rescued at this scene. But fire of this magnitude, it should be understood that everything within the fire premises at the scene is combustible because the stock deals in there are textile materials. So and they are very free-burning materials and it's easily and you know the structure of the fire itself, it's also a makeshift structure which is built with iron rod and tapolins. And when you talk of tapolins, it's also a hard textile material which is also free-burning. So all this aid the quick spread of the fire. But if I tell you that that fire was also put off in record time, you may have to look at how many hours does it take us to put off such fire with such materials within the fire scene because everything around sums up to having to the spread of the fire because they are all combustible and free-burning materials. Alright, Mr Shakiru, you mentioned that the fire started at around 10 minutes past 8pm and that the fire service is very close to that market. So how long did it take for the fire service to put out that fire? It takes about two hours because as at 10 o'clock the fire was completely under control. So definitely we have some pocket of fire that we need to put out because when a fire is no more spreading, you have caught the spread and you've already entangled the fire that it cannot do any harm or damage, then definitely the fire is within your control and definitely you need to stalk about. Like I said, these free-burning materials, they are piles of materials as in textile materials, so you still need to get deep down into them to make sure they are soaked away with enough water so that the fire will not reignite or spread further to where you have caught it. Alright, Mr Shakiru, specifically now can you tell us exactly what the immediate cause of the fire was and then again what are you doing in terms of preventing reoccurrence? What are you doing in terms of enlightenment on the traders around that axis, knowing that what they're dealing is actually combustible? The cause of the fire is still being investigated because when fire happens, especially at night, the very first thing to do is just put out the fire, gather some information and probably do some investigation and that seems to see whether you can unravel the cause, but preliminary now we have not been able to pin down the cause of the fire because that investigation is still ongoing and as soon as we don't, we will let the public know. But if the market authorities are playing by the rules, I think some of these fire will actually will not be witnessed because the rule is at 6 p.m., the market is supposed to close and nobody should be staying back and if you are closing up for the day, your business, whether at the office or you are living your home or you are living your shops premises, you are expected to put off all electronics, all electrical installations and it will not be enough to just put them out. It is also good that you unplug them from the wall socket so that it won't trigger, whether you are there or not, if there is a power obstruction, it won't trigger any, because most times you hear that it is an electrical surge. An electric city will not absorb anything that is not put on its current, that's why it is advisable to also switch off and unplug your socket and you don't leave any electronics or electrical gadgets unattended to you. All right, Mr Shakiru, do you have details as to how many shops are in that market and the level of damage caused? Well, several damage, you see, because these shops are, they are changed shops and then we are trying to count them, but we were not able to pin down the number last night, but these shops span at about, in the premises of about two acres, and when you say two acres, that's about six plots, right? So it's really, really expanded, but definitely we are going to ascertain the numbers of the shop because we are working with the market authority. We are with the Baba Lodja last night and then they are cooperating to see how we can unravel all the nuances behind the surge of the fire. All right, Mr Shakiru, the spokesman, Lagos State Fire Service, thank you very much for joining us this morning on the breakfast. You are most welcome. All right, so this conversation is still ongoing. I think we'll have a guest join us much later to talk about this situation. It's something we've seen, you know, one time too many market fires here and there, you know, conspiracy theories will come up, people say this definitely did not just happen by itself. You know, we heard Mr Shakiru here say, even though they're yet to unravel the cause of the fire, but he is implying that possibly it's an electric surge that might have caused this fire. Most of the times that's what we usually see around shops and of course people who do businesses. You know, most times, some of them, specifically some of them even who have like fridges who need to sell cold drinks, you know, the next day, sometimes you find that they leave their refrigerators, their freezers on in over the night, because they feel they should be part of that particular time, so they could actually store enough, you know, cold drinks to sell for the next day. So most times they don't even turn off all their devices before they go home. Indeed, when our next guest joins us, lots of questions I need to ask, because we heard reports on social media about people, you know, going into loot the shops that were, you know, so, so terrible that you have opportunities to take advantage of situations like this. Also, questions I need to ask regarding the crowd. Why is it that our mechanism for controlling such incidents is just poor in my assessment, because you find a fire, such a huge fire, and then people gathering in their numbers. I mean, if there was an explosion, everybody there would become victim. Yes, it could just be affected negatively. The thing is that in as much as some people may want to play, you know, the good Samaritan here, others are actually going there for a selfish reason, but they should understand that they will need to be able to sort out the issue of crowd control and allow the, you know, emergency responders that do their job, because if you try to, you know, help in your own way, you might be actually putting yourself in harm's way. In harm's way. Indeed, Justin, I do agree with you. Sadly, we can't bring our next guest, but Mr. Amadeus Shakiru, did, you know, give us the basics regarding that market fire, we'll stay on top of the matter, and bring you more updates in our subsequent news bulletins on Plus TV Africa.