Buy industrial generators to avoid fire outbreak, Balogun Market leader advises traders

The woman leader of Balogun Market, (Iyaloja), Alhaja Lutifat Ojikutu, has advised market leaders in Lagos to purchase industrial generators for use  to avoid constant fire outbreak.

Ojikutu gave the advice in an interview on Thursday.According to her, the traders in the  building can purchase a big  generator that can serve all of them  instead of engaging in indiscriminate use of small generators.

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“I learnt that each shop purchased mini- size  generator and they all positioned them on their staircases and someone was always  fuelling   the generators while working .

“She said that the place that got burnt was  Fred McQueen, off Martins not Balogun Market.“In so many buildings at Balogun Market,  they purchased a generator that powered a particular building and we also have fire extinguishers in each shop as part of safety measures,” she said.

She appealed to various market leaders in Lagos  state to try and educate their members  on safety measures  that would make them avoid loss of lives and properties.

Some parts of the popular Balogun Market on Lagos Island was also  gutted by fire on Wednesday.

(NAN)