By Suleiman Shehu
Traders at the Agodi Mayegun Cement Store Market in Ibadan, Oyo State are counting their losses following a fire incident which consumed property worth millions of naira, including 12 shops, on Thursday night.
An eyewitness said the fire started at Block A, No. 64 of Mayegun Cement Store Market and raged for more than three hours before fire fighters were able to stop it.
Also, Mr Yemi Akinyinka, General Manager of the Oyo State Fire Service, confirmed the fire incident in a statement on Friday in Ibadan.
Akinyinka said the fire service received a distress call about the inferno through a telephone call from one Mr Young.
The general manager said that fire fighters were quickly deployed to the scene and they swang into action, preventing the fire from spreading to more shops.
Akinyinka said that efforts of the fire fighters saved property worth billions of naira from destruction.
He attributed the cause of the fire to power surge.
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