{"id":168051,"date":"2025-07-02T13:48:01","date_gmt":"2025-07-02T12:48:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/fire-destroys-millions-of-naira-in-ibadan-shops"},"modified":"2025-07-02T14:57:32","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T13:57:32","slug":"fire-destroys-millions-of-naira-in-ibadan-shops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/fire-destroys-millions-of-naira-in-ibadan-shops","title":{"rendered":"Fire Destroys Millions of Naira in Ibadan Shops"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Properties worth millions of naira were destroyed on Tuesday as fire ravaged some shops in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital.<\/p>\n<p>The incident occurred beside Akin- Alamu building, Papa area in Alakia Isebo Road, Ibadan.<\/p>\n<p>Our correspondent learnt that the fire affected five shops in the complex.<\/p>\n<p>Chairman of Oyo State Fire Service Hon Maroof Akinwande confirmed the incident.<\/p>\n<p>Akinwande in a statement made available to DAILY POST on Wednesday noted that no life was lost in the incident.<\/p>\n<p>He said, \u201cOn Tuesday 1st June,2025, at exactly 23: 22hrs, the incident was reported through telephone call.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Firemen led by CFS Adesina Olusoji promptly deployed to the scene of incident and on arrival, we met shops engulfed by fire. We quickly swung into action and restricted the fire from spreading to unaffected nearby shops and properties. The fire was completely extinguished and necessary salvage was done.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe fire affected five(5) out of ten (10) shops and the Agency\u2019s personnel were able to save properties worth of millions naira. The fire incident was traced to be electric surge ignited nearby combustibles and set the shops ablaze\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Properties worth millions of naira were destroyed on Tuesday as fire ravaged some shops in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. The incident occurred beside Akin- Alamu building, Papa area in Alakia Isebo Road, Ibadan. Our correspondent learnt that the fire affected five shops in the complex. 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