No casualties were recorded following the fire that gutted the Ketu plank market in Lagos State.

According to Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, the fire started from one part of the market.

Its Director-General, Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, said no life was lost and no one was injured in the incident, but goods were, however, destroyed.

He further stated that emergency responders comprising the LASEMA team and the Lagos State Fire Service have put out the raging inferno.

According to the LASEMA boss, a trailer that was caught up in the inferno has also been evacuated from the road to a layby.

He, therefore, urged members of the public to exercise caution at all times especially when dealing with heavy-duty equipment or machinery.