Four Shops Razed, Millions Lost in Ibadan Fire Incident

The Fire Started around 5:50am on Friday Morning
Findings reveals no life was lost

Early on January 3, a devastating fire swept through several shops in the Tollgate area of Ibadan, Oyo State, resulting in millions of naira worth of property damage.

Eko Hot Blog gathered that no lives were lost in the incident, which occurred along the Lagos/Ibadan Expressway and affected four shops.

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According to Yemi Akinyinka, General Manager of the Oyo State Fire Service, the agency received a report about the fire around 5.50 am. Preliminary investigations indicate that the fire originated from an unattended cooking flame in one of the affected shops.

He said, “The fire incident was reported to our agency at exactly 05:50hrs of Friday 3rd January, 2025. The four shops were destroyed by fire and multiple shops were saved from being affected by the fire.

“Properties worth millions of naira were affected by the fire, and shops together with materials worth billions of naira were protected against the devastating fire.

“No life was lost. The fire was traced to be a naked fire unattended to by the woman cooking in one of the four shops affected by the fire”, the Fireman said.

Eko Hot Blog reported that last week large fire erupted in the early hours of Saturday, which left firefighters and local residents worked tirelessly to control the flames as it engulf the well-known spare parts market at Gate, Ibadan, Oyo State, and causing losses estimated in billions of naira.

On Christmas Eve a raging fire alao engulfed the Federal Institute of Industrial Research (FIIRO) office in Oshodi, Lagos, near Cappa Bus Stop.

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