Fire razes 200 shops in Ibadan on Christmas day

the popular
Sango Market, Ibadan as fire razed over 200
shops in the plank section of the market. The fire
reportedly started around 3pm, burned for several
hours and as at 8pm, it still hadn't been put out.
According to information gathered, planks
estimated at over N250m was lost in the disaster.
The Oyo State Fire Service finally responded to
the inferno and was seen racing towards Eleyele
Water Works for a refill when it ran out of water.
A trader in the market said the fire started after
he left his shop.
He said:
“Shortly after I attended to a customer who
called me on phone, I had the call that the
shops had caught fire”.
Another trader Mr. Afolabi said several sawing
machines and other logging equipment were
lost in the fire.
He added:
Each time the vehicle left to refill water,
we lost more shops because the fire would
gain more ground. Don’t forget this is the
time of the year when fire incidents are
rampant because we are in the dry season.
More fire service vehicles are needed to
forestall possible overnight fire here. As you
can see, we now pay to bring water tanker
to help the fire service men.”