About 25 Shops Destroyed As Fire Razes Ibadan Spare Parts Market
Not less than 25 shops were destroyed following fire incident that occurred at Araromi Motor Spare Parts Market, Agodi Gate, Ibadan, in the early hours of Saturday.
The General Manager, Oyo State Fire Service, Rev. Canon Yemi Akinyinka, who confirmed the incident in a telephone interview with newsmen, said the service got a call about the incident around 2.30 a.m. through one Mr Soliu and immediately deployed personnel to the scene to quench the fire.
“The incident was caused by a careless burning of refuse, the fire, which was not put out before leaving the shop, and it escalated.
“The impression they gave us initially was that around 45 shops were affected, but when we got there, we discovered that 25 shops were affected by the fire incident,” Akinyinka said.
He further said that his men were able to extinguish the fire around 5.00 a.m. on Saturday and no life was lost”
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