By Adeyinka Adeniran
Millions of Naira worth of Good and properties were on Wednesday morning lost to a fire incident at the popular Alesinloye market in Ibadan Southwest local government area.
According the sources, the incident which occured at the early hours of the day has left the traders and other people in the neighborhood devastated.
It was gathered that the State Fire Services were alerted of the incident by the people in the neighborhood.
The swift response men of the state Fire Services supported by the teams from nearby SUMAL and Sweetco companies were able to curtail the spread of the inferno.
As at the time of this report, the extent of the damages could not be ascertained.
A source privy to the incident said the situation would have been minimal if the popular market had a fire station located within it.
General Manager of Oyo State Fire Service, Mr Yemi Akinyinka confirmed the incident.
Akinyemi in a short statement issued on Wednesday said that men of the agency were still working at the market.
He said, “men are currently working at Aleshinloye market. We thank the management of SWEETCO for releasing their truck and men. Very massive.
“We are grateful to Sumal for releasing their crew to the scene, we are eternally grateful to them and SWEETCO.
“The management cannot respond to individual’s questions now due to logistics.”
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