Report coming in has it that a fire outbreak that started in the early hours of Tuesday 2 April 2024 has destroyed many shops at Owode Market in Offa, Kwara State.
It was gathered that properties worth millions of naira were destroyed by the fire.
In a video, one of the traders lamented that; “This light is too much. This is not caused by NEPA (electricity). Maybe some people were cooking and the fire started from there because this light is much”.
According to a source from the town on Tuesday morning revealed that the fire was eventually put out by the personnel of Federal Fire Service and Kwara State Fire Service.
The source who added that no fewer than five shops were affected by the unfortunate incident also stated that; “The authorities are still assessing the situation, but personally, I know at least five shops were affected. The worth of goods and properties destroyed can’t be said now until the assessment finishes.
“There are also several claims as to the cause of the fire until we wait for the fire service to release their statement on it”.
Meanwhile, barely eight months ago, there was a report about a midnight fire razed a residential building in the town and destroyed property worth N6.5m.
The incident which happened at about 1:05 am at Kowope compound, Olorunkuse area, Offa, affected a two- bedroom flat and four shops.
Recall that in December, at least 14 shops were reportedly razed by fire in two incidents that occurred in the Tanke area of Ilorin in Ilorin South Local Government Area of Kwara State between Tuesday evening and the early hours of Wednesday.
No fewer than seven shops at Zion Overcomer, Opposite Duro Suleiman house, University Road, Tanke, were said to have been burnt while the second incident also occurred at Tanke Oke-Odo area on University Road at about 1.30 a.m. on Wednesday, where another seven shops were destroyed by fire.
While confirming the incidents, the Kwara State Fire Service said that its men attended to the two fire incidents at different locations in the Tanke area and saved 16 out of the 31 shops engulfed by the raging fire.
Confirming the development, the spokesman of Kwara State Fire Service, Hassan Adekunle, noted that quick intervention of the firefighters saved property estimated to be worth N13.3m.
