Segun Showunmi in Ibadan
Hundreds of shops at the popular Araromi Auto Spare Parts Market at Agodi-Gate, Ibadan, Oyo State capital have been razed by fire that started in the market in the early hours of Saturday April 3, 2021.
Penpushing reports that sources said the inferno started at midnight while the fire was still raging with fury as at 8:30am when this reporter got to the scene,however,distress calls were made to the Oyo State Fire Service.
The timely response of the fire fighters, however, could not stop the inferno as the road to access the scene have been blocked by auto spare parts that were dumped on the road, while the two teams of fire fighters that came to the market parked their trucks at nearest place to the scene.
Penpushing further reports that, the fire service officials had to dragg their water hoses to battle the inferno,but could not really do anything tangible to stop the fire based on lack of access and their water hoses could not get to the scene.
The traders who came to the market were seen packing off the spare parts on the road as at 8:15a.m to clear the way for the fire fighters to get to the scene and quench the inferno, while as at the time of filing this report many properties were consumed by the inferno.
Penpushing also reports that, number of traders said the fire was caused by a power surge in one of the shops in the market, adding that the market just had electricity supply restored recently after years of being without light.
The source said the last time a similar inferno occurred in the auto spare market was 38 years ago, and this was confirmed by a spare parts dealer identified as Samson, while in the same vein,a resident of Agodi-Gate, Pelumi Abdullahi, said the fire started at about 12 midnight
“As I gathered, the fire started around 12 midnight and still burning as at 8:30am today. My uncle’s shop is among the burnt ones. Everything he has in the shop has been burnt. He is betraying emotions now. He does not know where to start again”, he stated
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