Property and different valuables value thousands and thousands of naira have been Monday destroyed by hearth on the Bodija foodstuffs market in Ibadan.
Sources on the market stated the early morning inferno utterly razed 15 outlets whereas 25 others within the 40 outlets advanced have been partially burnt.
The hearth incident has thrown the foodstuff axis of the market into confusion because the homeowners of the affected outlets have been sighted in teams lamenting the incident
The particular adviser on Fire Services Reform/ Chairman Oyo state Fire Services Agency, Dr. Moroof Adebayo Akinwande, in an announcement, expressed shock over the hearth incident.
Dr Akinwande who lamented the impact of the hearth incident on the affected merchants attributed it to electrical wiring fault from one of many outlets within the space.
Dr Akinwande stated it was the well timed arrival of males of the Oyo state Fire Brigade Service crew that minimized the consequences of the hearth on the 40 outlets .
“The firefighting crew, led by Assistant Chief Fire Superintendent (ACFS) Bamidele, promptly mobilised and responded to the scene. On arrival, the crew found that 15 out of a row of 44 outlets 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.”
