Candle light causes new Gbagi market’s fire disaster- Fire Officer

Candle light causes new Gbagi market’s fire disaster- Fire Officer

The Oyo State Fire Service says a lit candle placed inside a shop at the Bola Ige International Market, new Gbagi Ibadan, was the cause of the inferno that destroyed property worth millions of naira on Monday morning.

Mr Ismail Adeleke, the Director of Operations, Oyo State Fire Service Agency, made this known on Wednesday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ibadan.

According to Adeleke, the agency received a distress call about the incident at exactly 7.50 a.m on Monday through one Ganiyu Ishola.

He said the agency personnel at the Gbagi market were promptly deployed to a section of the market known as “10 by 10” and extinguished it within the shortest time.

Adeleke, however, said that four shops with property worth millions of naira were affected before the arrival of the personnel.

He said an investigation carried out by the agency revealed that one of the shop owners placed a lit candle inside a shop and the candle ignited combustibles in the shop.

Adeleke, however, urged traders and residents in the state to be safety conscious.