Fire razes filling station, 30 shops, market in Oyo, Jos

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Several people escaped death by a whisker on Monday after fire engulfed Bovas Filling Station in Iseyin, Oyo State.

gathered that a tanker was discharging fuel at the station in the Oluwole area of the town, Iseyin-Saki Road, when there was a spark, which ignited the inferno.

“The fire incident happened around 6pm on Monday while a tanker was discharging its content. We thank God that it was just in adjacent direction, about 400 metres away from the affected filling station. The canopy of the filling station and part of the office on the premises were torched,” he added. “About 30 shops were razed. We heard that the incident happened when electricity was restored in the area in the early hours of Tuesday. Shasha is a fruit and vegetable market, so the heaps of baskets that were kept at the place fuelled the fire,” he added.

Residents said the fire, which started around 11.30pm on Monday, lasted till Tuesday morning before it was put out by men of the state fire service.gathered that it was the 28th time fire would ravage the market since it was opened some years ago.

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