Fire guts shopping complex in Oyo, destroys property worth millions
Properties price hundreds of thousands of naira were destroyed in a hearth incident at a making an strive complicated in Ibadan, Oyo Suppose Capital.
The incident occurred beside Akin-Alamu Building, Papa Alakia Isebo Avenue, Ibadan, affecting five out of 10 retail outlets in the building.
The Special Adviser to the Governor on Fireplace Provider Reform and Agency Chairman, Moroof Adebayo Akinwande, who confirmed the incident, mentioned that no casualty became recorded. Akinwande made the affirmation in a assertion made readily in the market to journalists in Ibadan.
He mentioned, “On Tuesday, 1st June,2025, at precisely 23:22hrs, the incident became reported by a phone name by Mr. Olarewaju that there became a hearth incident at the above-acknowledged address. Firefighters, led by CFS Adesina Olusoji, promptly deployed to the scene of the incident, and upon arrival, we learned retail outlets engulfed in flames. We hasty swung into trot and restricted the fire from spreading to unaffected nearby retail outlets and properties.
”The fire became completely extinguished, and vital salvage became completed. The fire affected five out of 10 retail outlets, and the agency’s personnel saved properties price hundreds of thousands of naira.”
He mentioned the fire incident became traced to an electrical surge that ignited nearby combustibles, setting the retail outlets ablaze.
Akinwande entreated the public to continually switch off and unplug all electrical dwelling equipment when now not in employ, particularly after closing their workplaces, to support some distance off from fire outbreaks.
