A fire broke out early Monday morning at Moniya Garage in Ibadan, destroying shops and property worth millions of Naira.
Mr. Yemi Akinyinka, General Manager of the Oyo State Fire Services Agency, announced the incident in a statement released Monday in Ibadan.
Akinyinka explained that the agency received a distress call about the fire from Mr. Adelola at around 12:27 a.m. and immediately dispatched personnel to the location.
Upon arrival, firefighters found that the blaze had engulfed several rows of shops and container stalls within the garage.
“The fire incident was reported to the agency at exactly 00:27 hrs by one Mr Adelola, that there were shops on fire at Moniya Garage, Oja Agbe, Ibadan.
“Immediately, the personnel of this agency, led by ACFS Oyedeji, were deployed to the scene of the incident.
“We swiftly swung into action, and we were able to curtail the fire and restrict it from spreading to all nearby shops and other properties,” he said.
Akinyinka confirmed that no lives were lost in the incident, but properties worth millions of Naira were destroyed.
He attributed the cause of the fire to electrical appliances left unattended while plugged in.
The general manager urged residents of Oyo State to exercise caution when handling electrical devices and fire to prevent similar incidents in the future.