Dosunmu market fire disaster: Over 100 displaced shop owners seek urgent help from Lagos Govt

The Lagos Island market areas have become hotspots for devastating fire outbreaks, with several markets being ravaged within a span of four months.

"Fire, fire, fire," echoed the chant heard by Mr. John Okoro*, a fabric merchant, as he manned his shop in the Dosunmu area of Lagos Island market on April 9th.

Rushing to find the cause of the commotion, Mr. Okoro and fellow his traders on the second floor of a four-storey building, were greeted to the raging heat of blazing flames. The fire had engulfe…