The General Manager of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) Femi Osanyintolu says a preliminary investigation by his agency has revealed the cause of the Balogun Market fire outbreak which occurred on Wednesday.

According to him, the fire started when someone was trying to refuel a powered generator.

He added that no casualty was however recorded in the incident.

A fire outbreak had earlier occurred two months ago on the same street. This is a similar cause of the inferno.

LASEMA also confirmed to Channels Television that seven buildings were affected by the fire, out of which two collapsed.

Emergency officials are currently battling the fire and trying to evacuate the adjoining buildings as traders are making efforts to salvage their goods.

Buildings numbering about seven were on Wednesday destroyed in a fire outbreak that affected a section of Balogun market, located on Lagos Island.

The fire outbreak is reported to have started from Anambra Plaza on Martins street in the market and has spread to about six other structures.

Traders are however in a serious panic as they salvage their goods from the windows of the high-rise buildings and scamper to safety.

Two of the buildings have caved in while there is no report of any casualty yet.

-Channels TV