A fire incident, on Monday, ravaged 30 shops in Oro town, Irepodun Local Government Area of Kwara State.
The incident, which occurred in the afternoon at about 3:12pm, at the Oro Central Market. The fire incident was reportedly caused by careless refuse burning by unknown persons.
According to the spokesman of the state fire service, Mr. Hassan Hakeem Adekunle, said, “the fire outbreak spread to a shop and later engulfed other shops within the vicinity area".
He further added that “Out of the 354 shops in the market area, 30 shops were burnt by the fire, while the remaining shops were rescued by the men of the fire service".
It was gathered that the fire service team was alerted to the scene by one ASP Yusuf through a telephone call.
The Director of the state fire service, Prince Falade John Olumuyiwa, charged citizens of the State to be conscious of fire safety culture in order to drastically reduce the incessant fire outbreaks happening in the State.
Report: Festus Ayodeji OYETADE
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Wow, very educative and informative . I hope the government intervenes
ReplyDeleteKwara government should be able to help them
ReplyDeleteSo I am reading this from Lagos state and I must say this news is really touching. I pray God bless them
ReplyDeleteThank God that men of the fire service were able to rescue some shops.
ReplyDeleteOh Lord! Thank God no lives were lost in this outbreak.
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DeleteI hope the government intervenes soon
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ReplyDeleteIt’s high time the government came up with strategies to eradicate such a reoccurrence.
DeleteI hope the government do something about it
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