One person died in a fire on Wednesday at an auto spare parts market in the Ajegunle area of Lagos.

In a statement on Wednesday, Margaret Adeseye, the director of the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, said the number of shops and goods affected in the incident could not be immediately determined.

“At about 03:28 Wednesday wee hours, a Fire outbreak was alerted to Akere Spare Parts Market, Kirikiri Road, Akere Bus Stop, Olodi-Apapa, Ajegunle, Lagos that saw the Ajegunle fire station of the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service as first respondents,” the statement said.

It added, “Upon arrival, it was discovered that rows of shops that traded in auto spare parts were well alight that led to Sari-Iganmu and Ilupeju fire crews of the agency joining up to subdued the raging fire and salvage a nearby major market petroleum filling station with a fully loaded 33,000 litres PMS tanker amongst other adjoining buildings.”

However, according to the statement, a man was recovered by the Tolu Police Division around the scene, including the Lagos Neighborhood and Safety Corps and the Red Cross.

The agency said the cause of the fire could not be immediately ascertained.

Ms Adeseye added that it would “require detailed investigation to ascertain as well as post-incident enumeration to account for the number of lockup shops and wares lost.”