Babalola Oyebode, one of the shop owners in the market, said the inferno started around 3 a.m. and raged for a few hours before firefighters arrived at the scene.
“The fire started from one of the shops before it transferred to the others. Total of nine shops were burnt before the fire service people arrived,” he said. “The fire was suspected to have started some hours before the men of Osun State Fire Service, Okefia Station were informed through one Mr Oyedele Muftau who visited our station,” he said.
“The fire had already destroyed properties worth millions of naira and buildings damaged before the Fire Service were informed.
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