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Fire razes shops, destroys multi-million naira goods in Ondo [Photos]
Property worth millions of naira were destroyed by fire which burnt down some shops at Oka Area of Ondo town in Ondo State on Thursday.
It was gathered that some of the goods destroyed by the fire in the affected shops were automobile spare parts.
According to a source, the fire started early in the morning and all efforts to put it out were not successfully, saying that it burnt down many items in the affected shops.
The source explained that the fire started gradually in the night but it later got out of hand in the morning on Thursday.
Another source disclosed that the inferno was caused by a high voltage of electricity brought by the Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC). She added that people in the area called the men of the Ondo State Fire Service on the telephone but they did not show up.
Expressing sadness over the incident, the owner of the affected shops, Alhaji Hassan Adewale, said he had lost almost everything in his shop to the inferno. He called on the state government and other intervention agencies to assist him.
He said,
“I left the shop at about 7:30 pm yesterday ( Wednesday) and was called upon by sympathisers, informing me that my shop was on fire, caused by the high voltage of electricity brought by the BEDC, which resulted to the explosion that affected the shops.
“Immediately, I called the fire service to our rescue but they did not respond, they said their vehicle was bad.”
However, there was no loss of life in the inferno.
The state police Public Relations Officer, Femi Joseph who confirmed the incident, said the command had commenced an investigation into the incident.
“The fire started at about 10pm yesterday and burnt till this morning but we can’t quantify the level of the damage now but there was no life lost in the fire outbreak,” Joseph stated.
In a reaction, the Chairman of the Ondo West Local Government, Ebenezer Akinsulere, who said he had visited the scene of the fire outbreak, described the incident as unfortunate.
The council chair said after sympathizing with the victim, he told him to write the local government in order for the council to take necessary action.
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