Fire destroys property worth millions in Oyo town
Properties rate millions of naira were destroyed in a fireplace that engulfed a provision shop in Oyo city, Oyo Bid, on Sunday night time. The incident occurred beside a petroleum space in the Farade location of the city. Devices affected incorporated a fridge and varied family goods.
The chairman of the Oyo Bid Fire Service, Maroof Akinwande, confirmed the incident in a assertion, noting that the fire became reported to the company at 10:Forty five p.m. on Sunday, June 24, 2025.
He acknowledged: “The company’s officers, led by ACFS Tijani Bamidele, were promptly deployed to the scene of the incident where they came all over a provision shop on fire. They like a flash swung into action and curtailed the fire from spreading to the entire shop. The fire affected the fridge and a few provisions, nonetheless varied goods rate millions of naira were saved by the fire provider.”
Akinwande attributed the fire to warmth generated by a fridge that had been left plugged in and unattended in a single day.
