Textile material shops were destroyed in a fire outbreak in Lagos after a three-storey commercial building housing the items was gutted by flames in the early hours of Saturday. The Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service disclosed this in a statement issued by its Controller General, Margaret Adeseye. According to the agency, the incident occurred at about 3:15am at a building located on Oyabiyi Street, opposite the NLC office in Tejuosho, Yaba, where shops stocked with textile materials were engulfed by fire. “The building, which housed shops and stores containing stacked textile materials, was engulfed by fire,” the statement read. “In both incidents, the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service ensured that the fires were contained without escalation,” the statement added.

Source: Punch April 05, 2026 11:48 UTC