A fire outbreak on Sunday morning destroyed shops and goods, worth million of Naira, at the popular Atakumosa Market, Ilesa, Osun State, the News Agency of Nigeria reports.
The combined team of the Osun and Federal Fire Services were able to control the fire from spreading, while police officers provided security and prevented looting at the market.Spokesperson, Ibrahim Adekunle, said that the fire started at about 2.15 a.m. and that only 12 shops were affected by the inferno.
“At exactly 2.15 a.m., we were notified of a fire outbreak at shops attached to the post office within Atakunmosa market, Ereja Square, Ilesa.“Within 30 minutes of our arrival, we were able to put the fire under control.He said no human casualties were recorded during the incident and that the fire is suspected to have started due to electrical surge.
He, however, said that investigation would be carried out to ascertain the cause of the fire outbreak. NAN reports that an overnight fire outbreak equally destroyed this same Atakumosa Market in February 2020, with goods worth millions of Naira destroyed and the market was closed for months by the state government.