Fire razes shops in Ibadan market

He said that the personnel of the agency on getting to the scene discovered that the fire had affected rows of shops and container shops at the garage.

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“The fire incident was reported to the agency at exactly 00:27 hrs by one Mr Adelola, that there were shops on fire at Moniya Garage, Oja Agbe, Ibadan.

“Immediately, the personnel of this agency, led by ACFS Oyedeji, were deployed to the scene of the incident.

“We swiftly swung into action, and we were able to curtail the fire and restrict it from spreading to all nearby shops and other properties,” he said.

Akinyinka said that no life was lost to the fire incident, but properties worth millions of naira were destroyed.

The general manager said the remote cause of the fire incident was traced to the plugging in of electrical appliances unattended.

He advised the people of Oyo State to handle fire with care to avoid fire incidents.

Fire razes shops in Ibadan market

(NAN)