Properties worth millions of naira have been destroyed in an early morning fire in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital.
DAILY POST gathered that the incident occured at Police Barracks, Omolewa, Yemetu area in Ibadan on Saturday, ravaging six shops out of the 24 in the shopping complex.
General Manager of Oyo State Fire Service, Mr Yemi Akinyinka confirmed the incident on Saturday.
He said the agency received a distress call about the incident in the early hours of Saturday.
“The unfortunate incident was reported at exactly 02:09am of Saturday 10th, 2025.
“The fire personnel led by ACFS Adedeji (Mrs) promptly deployed to the scene and on getting there, it was discovered to be lock-up shops on fire and we quickly swung into action and we were able to curtailed the fire in time.
“The fire was restricted from gaining momentum to other nearby shops. No casualty recorded, only six (6) shops were affected by fire out of twenty -four (24) locked up shops.
“The fire incident was as a result of overheating of plugged deep freezer overnight unattended caught fire and set the place ablaze.
“The officer in charge advised the occupants and onlookers at the scene of incident to handle any source of ignition with care and any electrical appliance not in use should be switched off and unplugged for safety”.
