Fire consumes shops in Ilorin, goods worth millions destroyed

A fire disaster occurred at the Balogun Alanamu market in the Ilorin West Local Government Area, Kwara State, on Monday.

The disaster has destroyed property worth millions of naira.

Eleven out of 86 shops were destroyed by the fire disaster.

The leader of the firefighter’s team who saved the situation, said “there was no one in the market even the security guards to notice the fire outbreak on time.

“A passerby bike man was the one who saw the ravaging inferno and quickly summoned the state fire service to rescue the situation,” the leading fire officer said.

Firemen tried their best to immediately stop the spread of the disaster, to the other shops.

He said the cause of the fire disaster was suspected to be an electric power surge.

The Director, Kwara State Fire Service, Prince Falade John Olumuyiwa, has told members of the public especially the market people to continue to play safe.