By Akinwale Kasali
Traders at the popular Bodija Market in Ibadan, Oyo State Capital are scampering for safety, and trying to salvage their remaining goods. The market has been gutted by fire.
Goods worth millions of Naira have been lost.
The incident occurred in the early hours of Monday, and several shops affected.
Circumstances leading to the fire outbreak remain unknown, but the Chairman of the Oyo State Fire Service, Maroof Akinwande, confirmed the incident, stressing that his men were immediately mobilised to the scene when they were informed.
Akinwande in a statement said, “On arrival, the crew discovered that 15 out of a row of 44 shops had been engulfed by flames and thick smoke billowing from the affected premises.
“No casualty was recorded. The fire incident was as a result of electrical surge”.
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