Ibadan, Oyo state. According to reports, the fire started from one of the single storey shopping complexes, around 2.00 a.m allegedly from an electrical spark from an unidentifiable shop.
Among the
affected structures were shops, offices and warehouses with full stock of
agricultural produce, chemicals, sprayers, provisions, building materials,
mobile phones accessories, shoe materials, hair extensions (popularly referred
to as weave-ons) and store of a plywood supplier on the ground floor of the
complex.
According to
Drinosblog source, one of the night security guards and few neighbours living
around the area noticed heavy smoke oozing out from the roof of the shops, and
they attempted to put it out but when they realised that it was beyond human
control, they informed the Fire Service station at Molete, Ibadan.
Intervention,
however, did not come on time, leading to the heavy losses by the shop owners.
Representatives
of the state government, Secretary to the Oyo State Government and the Special
Adviser to Governor Abiola Ajimobi on security matters, Olalekan Alli and Segun
Bolarinwa, visited the scene Sunday afternoon to ascertain the level of
destruction first hand.
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