Omo, no be small thing happen for Arena Market wey dey Oshodi, Lagos on Tuesday evening. Fire don scatter ground, dey burn shops, dey cause mad panic for traders and customers wey dey manage their businesses.

Video wey dey waka for social media show smoke and fire dey kiss the market structures as people dey run helter-skelter to save wetin dem fit rescue. As e be, fire *no* wan gree stop. Eyewitness wey dey there talk say fire service folks no dey around, and when dem finally come, na wah! Water wey dem suppose use fight fire no dey. This one really slow down their effort to quench the flames quick.

As dem dey report dis incident, nobody fit talk wetin cause the fire. Na serious matter because Arena Market na one of the busy trading center for Lagos. Fires like dis dey always remind everybody say we need to check our emergency plans and wetin we dey do to protect our informal markets from wahala.

Fire start around 6 pm, and from wetin we see for videos wey dey circulate online, traders dey shout and dey rush to gather their goods. Dem dey try salvage wetin dem go fit carry. Dem talk say as e hot like this, at least 10 shops don gree catch fire.

Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service don confirm say dem receive distress call around 5:50 pm, and dem rush come the location like 5 minutes later. According to their Controller General, Margaret Adeseye, dem fit manage the fire and e no go spread to other parts of the market.

Dey don dey promise say dem go conduct investigation to figure out wetin really cause the gbege. Na serious time for traders wey don dey face plenty stress since dis year. Just last week, another serious fire happen for Great Nigeria Insurance House wey dey Lagos Island. Dis fire wey start from fourth floor, come catch other floors like say na domino effect.

The governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, don talk say the building go soon dem demolish am after dem check wetin happen. E come assure everybody say no casualty happen during dat particular fire, but na common sense say we dey need better measures to handle such cases.

No be small matter o, fire dey show we say we need tinker our strategies for safety and help our traders. Make we dey hope say dis one go be last time we go dey hear of such fire for market areas. We go follow up as dem dey proceed with investigation and dem updates.