The state Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, disclosed this on social media on Friday morning, October 14.

Wahab said the operation was carried out by the Lagos State Waste Management Authority and the Kick Against Indiscipline task force.

He wrote;‘’As i instructed, enforcement operatives from LAWMA and KAI in a joint operation in the early hours of today (Friday, October 13) sealed up the Mile 12 International Market and Owode Onirin market along Ikorodu Road for indiscriminate dumping and burning of refuse, filthy environment, blocked and littered drainages, menace of illegal and indiscriminate parking and abandonment of trucks on the major road, thereby impeding free flow of traffic.”

It was reported that some of the vehicles affected were several Hummer buses, cars, business centres and properties worth millions.

According to eyewitnesses, the outbreak occurred around 9:30 pm, flaming off the rooftop of a food seller popularly known as Iya Yusuf.

It was gathered the fire could have erupted as a result of careless abandonment of burning coal by the food vendor.

Watchmen of the business community, who saw the fire, made initial efforts to put the fire out before residents came to their aid.

Eyewitnesses accused the fire service of late response to the emergency call, which eventually led to the widespread of raging fire.

However, the Lagos State Fire Service operatives were able to put out the fire at about 11:30 pm.