Fire razes 12 shops in Ibadan
Properties worth millions of naira, including 12 shops, were burnt by fire on Thursday at the Agodi Mayegun Cement Store Market in Ibadan.
Yemi Akinyinka, the general manager of the Oyo State Fire Service, confirmed this in a statement on Friday.
Mr Akinyinka said the fire service received a distress call about the inferno through a telephone call from one Mr Young.
The general manager said firefighters were quickly deployed to the scene and swung into action, preventing the fire from spreading to more shops.
Mr Akinyinka said the efforts of the firefighters saved property worth billions of naira from destruction.
He attributed the cause of the fire to a power surge.
Witnesses told journalists that the fire started at Block A, No. 64, Mayegun Cement Store Market and raged for more than three hours before firefighters could stop it.
(NAN)
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