Metro
Fire outbreak in Ibadan razes shops
A carpentry workshop located in the Japata complex was destroyed by fire on Saturday, according to reports. Maroof Akinwande, Chairman of the Oyo State Fire Service, confirmed that no injuries or fatalities occurred during the incident.
In a statement issued on Monday, Akinwande explained that firefighters found two fabricated shops, used as the carpentry workshop, fully engulfed in flames upon their arrival at the scene.
In addition, Akinwande reported another fire incident at the Ogo Oluwa shopping complex in the Challenge area of Ibadan. Fire crews discovered that one of the numerous locked shops—among a total of 180—had been consumed by fire, with thick smoke billowing from the affected area.
