Mr Ohaa said the service’s firefighters extinguished the fire, which lasted over an hour.
The fire began from a fuel tank containing 13,000 litres of petrol at Hanscharis Petrol Station.
Mr Ohaa said the timely intervention of service officers prevented the fire from affecting the entire market.
The commissioner said the government would investigate the incident, just as he advised residents to get approval to drill boreholes.
He said the explosion destroyed five shops, goods and property worth millions of naira at Afor-Opi market around 7:00 p.m.
Mr Kazeem quoted the FRSC corps marshal, Dauda Biu, as advising motorists to desist from night journeys to reduce fatalities from road crashes.
The gas fire started due to water drilling borehole activities on May 23, which led to a gas leak and eventual fire outbreak.
The fire, suspected to have been caused by under-earth natural gas, was encountered during the drilling of a water borehole at Caritas University.
“We are calling on estate developers to incorporate the provision of functional fire stations to social amenities in estates.”
The fire is suspected to have been caused by a leakage in the fuel tank of the filling station’s power generating set.
