Kwara Market Fire Leaves Seven Shops Destroyed
A fire outbreak occurred on Friday night at Olusola Saraki Market in the Ita-Amo area of Ilorin West Local Government Area, Kwara State, destroying goods estimated to be worth several millions of Naira.
The Kwara State Fire Service disclosed that the fire incident destroyed items such as clothing materials, provisions, soft drinks, and meat.
In a statement issued on Saturday and signed by Hassan Adekunle, the Principal Fire Officer and Head of Media and Publicity of the Kwara State Fire Service, it was revealed that seven out of the 269 shops in the market were destroyed in the fire.
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The statement also noted that the fire was ignited by a power surge, which was caused by fluctuating supply from the power distribution company.
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The statement read, “On Friday, 10 January 2025, at about 21:36 hours, the Kwara State Fire Service received a distress call reporting a fire outbreak at Olusola Saraki Market, Ita-Amo, Ilorin.
“Our firefighters promptly deployed to the scene and discovered multiple shops ablaze in a market comprising 276 shops. Through swift intervention, professionalism, and expertise, our team successfully contained the inferno, limiting the damage to only seven shops and saving 269 others.
“The affected shops included meat vendors, clothing material shops, and provision stores.
“Preliminary investigations revealed that the incident might have been caused by a power surge following the fluctuating power supply from the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC), as reported by the market’s security personnel.”
The statement further mentioned that the Director of the Kwara State Fire Service, Prince Falade John, expressed his sympathy with the market leadership, the affected shop owners, and the entire market community.
Falade, while conveying his hopes for the traders to recover their losses and gain even more, advised all individuals to prioritize fire safety measures to prevent similar events from occurring in the future.
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