Six shops at Ibadan police barracks razed after freezer caught fire: Official
An early-hour fire incident on Saturday razed six shops at the Police Barracks, Omolewa, in the Yemetu area of Ibadan.
It was gathered that no casualty was recorded in the incident, but the fire affected six out of the 24 lock-up shops in the area.
General manager of the state Fire Services Agency, Yemi Akinyinka, confirmed the incident in a statement on Saturday.
Mr Akinyinka said the agency received a distress call about the fire incident at exactly 2:09 a.m. through a telephone call from one S.O. Soyombo.
He attributed the fire incident to overheating a deep freezer, which was plugged overnight and eventually caught fire and spread to other shops.
The general manager said the fire service personnel, led by Adedeji, were promptly deployed to the scene upon receiving information about the incident.
“On getting there, it was discovered that the lock-up shops were on fire and we quickly swung into action, and were able to curtail the fire in time and restrict it from spreading to other nearby shops,” he said.
Mr Akinyinka advised the public to always switch off and unplug their electrical appliances when not in use.
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