{"id":17646,"date":"2019-11-05T18:34:30","date_gmt":"2019-11-05T18:34:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=17646"},"modified":"2020-02-13T12:06:13","modified_gmt":"2020-02-13T12:06:13","slug":"breaking-popular-lagos-balogun-market-on-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/breaking-popular-lagos-balogun-market-on-fire","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Popular Lagos Balogun Market On Fire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A devastating fire has broken out of the popular Balogun market, Lagos Island.<\/p>\n<p>The fire according to eyewitnesses and as seen in videos shared on social media, started from a building in the crowded market.<\/p>\n<p>Some traders who lamented the situation, as the cause of the fire could not be immediately ascertained rushed to packed their goods from different stalls in the market.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8211; Just in : Fire breaks out at Balogun market,Lagos state.<br \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JcOvUjVT4r\">pic.twitter.com\/JcOvUjVT4r<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; SubDeliveryZone (@SubDeliveryZone) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SubDeliveryZone\/status\/1191656395269189632?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 5, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A devastating fire has broken out of the popular Balogun market, Lagos Island. 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