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Property and other valuables worth millions of naira were Monday destroyed by fire at the Bodija foodstuffs market in Ibadan.
Sources at the market said the early morning inferno completely razed 15 shops while 25 others in the 40 shops complex were partially burnt.
The fire incident has thrown the foodstuff axis of the market into confusion as the owners of the affected shops were sighted in groups lamenting the incident
The special adviser on Fire Services Reform/ Chairman Oyo state Fire Services Agency, Dr. Moroof Adebayo Akinwande, in a statement, expressed shock over the fire incident.
Dr Akinwande who lamented the effect of the fire incident on the affected traders attributed it to electrical wiring fault from one of the shops in the area.
Dr Akinwande said it was the timely arrival of men of the Oyo state Fire Brigade Service crew that minimized the effects of the fire on the 40 shops .
“The firefighting crew, led by Assistant Chief Fire Superintendent (ACFS) Bamidele, promptly mobilised and responded to the scene. On arrival, the crew discovered that 15 out of a row of 44 shops had been engulfed by flames and thick smoke billowed from the affected premises.
“The fire fighters immediately commenced firefighting operations and successfully brought the fire under control.”
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