A fire outbreak gutted a shopping complex in Ilorin in the early hours of Monday destroying goods worth N19.5m.
Daily Post reported that the fire burnt 15 shops in a shopping complex comprising 20 shops at Atiba-Iyalamu Oja-Tuntun Area, in Ilorin West Local Government Area of Kwara State.
The spokesperson of the state fire service, Hassan Adekunle, disclosed this in Ilorin.
In his words, “the fire outbreak occurred at midnight hour today, 14th November 2022, and no one was able to notice the ravaging inferno on time.”
However, men of the state fire service were able to immediately curtail the further spread of the inferno and subsequently eliminated it, saving the surrounding buildings from the inferno.
The Director, Kwara State Fire Service, Prince Falade John Olumuyiwa, urged the general public particularly the market traders to always play safe in their day-to-day activities.