Late-Night Fire Destroys Ten Shops at Ogunpa Market, Ibadan

A late-night fire outbreak has destroyed ten shops at the Iya Maryam Adebara Complex in Ogunpa Market, Ibadan. The Oyo State Fire Service says no lives were lost. No fewer than ten shops have reportedly been completely destroyed by a fire outbreak at the Iya Maryam Adebara Complex, located in the Ogunpa Market area of Ibadan, Oyo State.Report...

• A late-night fire outbreak has destroyed ten shops at the Iya Maryam Adebara Complex in Ogunpa Market, Ibadan.
• The Oyo State Fire Service says no lives were lost.
• No fewer than ten shops have reportedly been completely destroyed by a fire outbreak at the Iya Maryam Adebara Complex, located in the Ogunpa Market area of Ibadan, Oyo State.Report says the incident occurred on Monday night.Confirming the development, the Chairman of the Oyo State Fire Services Agency, Moroof Akinwande, said the agency received a distress call at exactly eleven minutes past eight on Monday evening.Akinwande says the alert came through a telephone call from the Baale of Ogunpa, Alhaji Nurudeen Lawal.He explained that firefighters were immediately deployed to the scene and on arrival, discovered that ten shops had already been engulfed by the inferno.Akinwande said the fire service personnel acted swiftly to contain the situation, preventing the fire from spreading to other shops and nearby properties, with support from the Federal Fire Service.The fire, he added, was caused by a generator that was being refueled by one of the shop occupants.