17 shops, goods worth millions of Naira consumed in Osun market inferno

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The Osun State Fire Service has confirmed that 17 shops were destroyed in an early morning market fire in Ile-Ife on Saturday. The dawn fire, which razed some parts of the Oja Tuntun market, described as the largest market in the ancient town, also destroyed goods worth millions of Naira.

As at press time, the spokesperson of Osun State Fire Service, Adekunle Ibrahim, revealed that the cause of the fire could not be ascertained. Ibrahim disclosed that firemen received a distress call from a resident living near the market about 12:30 am on Saturday. 'When firemen arrived at the scene, the raging fire had affected a building that has 16 shops and a container within the market.

gathered that goods destroyed in the inferno were worth about N30 million.

 

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