A fire incident has razed down no fewer than 30 shops in Oro, Irepodun local government area of Kwara state.
It was gathered that the fire incident started around 3 pm on Monday at the Oro Central market which contained 354 shops.
The fire was said to have been caused by the careless burning of refuse by a yet-to-be-identified person.
Confirming this incident, the Spokesperson of the Fire Service Hassan Adekunle, said, “Although the conflagration was huge, however, our firemen were able to in no time the put out ravaging inferno.
“Out of the 354 shops in the market area, 30 shops were consumed by the fire, and the other remaining ones were rescued by the firemen.
“According to our officers present at the scene, the inferno was caused due to the careless refuses to burn by one unknown person, and spread to a shop, and later escalated to many other shops in that vicinity area.”
Adekunle urged residents to always observe their “fire safety responsibility in order to drastically reduce the incessant fire outbreaks that have been happening in our state.”
