Posted on: 10:03 Sat, 26 Dec 2015



Christmas was bad for traders in 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.”

Source: Vanguard