The Ebute Metta fire destroyed more than 150 shops and it raged for many hours before it was eventually put out by firefighters.
The director of the Lagos State Fire Service, Rasak Fadipe, confirmed both incidents to Sunday Tribune, adding that his men responded swiftly to the two incidents.
Residents of Kano Street in Ebutte were thrown into panic as the fire destroyed many shops in the area.
The fire, which reportedly started around 10.00 p.m. on Friday, raged till the early hours of Saturday, when it was eventually put out by the firefighters.
Though the cause of the fire was yet to be ascertained as of the time of filing this report, residents said that millions of naira worth of goods were destroyed .
Fadipe told Sunday Tribune that the state fire service were alerted to the Ebutte Metta fire around 10.30 on Friday night.
He added that operatives of the state fire service were quickly mobilised to the scene and instantly swung into action.
Firefighters had to battle the fire for more than seven hours before it was eventually put out in the early hours of Saturday.
Fadipe also told Sunday Tribune that operatives of the state fire service also responded to a fire alert at the Customs warehouse in Ikeja, early on Saturday morning .
He also stated that the storey building, which served as a lecture room and a warehouse, collapsed as a result of the fire incident.
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