Nigeria, Oct. 22 -- A night fire has destroyed the second floor of a two-storey building housing a law firm and a furniture warehouse in the Alaba International Market area of Lagos, leaving goods worth millions of naira in ruins.

PREMIUM TIMES visited the scene on Wednesday morning and observed that the affected section, located in the furniture area of the market, was still smouldering from the previous night's inferno.

One of the victims, Honourable Ogaba, told this newspaper that the fire started around 7 p.m. on Tuesday, shortly after traders had closed for the day.

"We had closed work and left when we got calls that our market was on fire," he said. "The fire started around 7 or 7:30 p.m. The fire service tried to stop it but cou...