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Building materials worth several millions of naira were at the early hours of yesterday destroyed by fire that engulfed a plank market in Abule-Egba area of Lagos.
Over 50 shops were destroyed in the fire said to have been caused by power surge.
Also, two vehicles, a commercial bus and a Toyota saloon car parked in the market, were burnt.
Yesterday’s incident brings to three, the number of markets burnt in three months.