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.
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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.”
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Oh my gosh. How sad
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Chai! What a tragedy.......
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Oh,ya salam,may God replenish the losses. What a loss
ReplyDeleteNa wah with all this Xmas nd new year fire incidence.... Something seriously needs to be done.... People's livelihood been razed by fire is quite traumatic
ReplyDeleteSorry for their loss
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Sad, May God help us all
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Oh lord.have mercy
ReplyDeleteAll those witches and wizards who gain more when their shops gets burnt have started again o. Expect to hear more shops burning especially in january. Na their time be this
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ReplyDeleteHow will they recover now?
God help them.
God, what's really happening? Na wa o
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#iT mUsT eNd iN prAise
Pls, pls n pls let's us all be more careful dis harmattan season.
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Eyahhh... My heart feels for dem buh my question is'how did d fire start?'
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Everything is so messed up...this one na black christmas oh for them...and fire service seff..ha! 9ja when e go b.
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Hmmmmmm, so sad. May God comfort them
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Chai..nawao!
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Sorry for them.may god pay them abundantly
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So sorry for those affected
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Wot a sad way to spend xmas.terrible.but wot caused d fire?..our government needs to improve on the fire fighting methods esp in ds dry season.
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So sorry dear.na waaoh for this inferno.(Obama's eye)
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ReplyDeleteSaw the crazy incident when I was driving dwn to Ventura; Oyo State Fire Operation really tried but things woulnt have gone Worse if there was enough of those Trucks on Ground ...
ReplyDeleteI pray God almighty grant them d heart to bare this great loss with dz kind economy way we dey So !!! :( All iz Well!!!
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ReplyDeleteDryness around encouraging the fire. Incompetent/poorly equipped fire fighters going several rounds while the fire rages.... typical sight.
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ReplyDeleteThis is where I serve,, Ibadan has been a place where water is lake a lot..even to get pure water sometimes is difficult
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