Property worth several millions of Naira were today destroyed as fire
gutted the Labaowo Market at Ogunpa area of Ibadan, capital of Oyo
State, in the western part of Nigeria.
The market under Ibadan
North Local Government is known for fire disasters as it has recorded
about five incidents within three years.
Helplessly watching
their property being destroyed by fire, the traders at the market could
not control their emotions as they broke down in tears.
Greenwich news gathered that the fire gutted four houses which included three
bungalows and a storey building and destroyed over 50 shops.
The
roofs, windows and ceilings of some buildings were badly affected by
the inferno while the chemical section of the market and part of those
selling keys, padlocks and paints were razed down by the fire.
It
was gathered that before the arrival of firefighters, sympathizers
tried to put off the fire, without success.
Speaking with
journalists, the state Director of Fire Service, Mr. Kareem Oyegunle
Gafari, said the cause of the fire was yet to be known, assuring that
his men would investigate the incident.
But an eyewitness who
refused to disclose her name, said the fire broke out when one of the
traders was filling a chemical gum into a jerry can.
She explained
that a trader at the chemical section of the market was trying to
fill a customer’s jerry can with gum and suddenly fire just broke out
with lot of explosives around the area adding, “we have lost so much in
this market today”.
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