Oranyan Market in Ibadan North-East Local Government Area of Oyo State was early Monday morning razed by fire, destroying a good number of shops.
The inferno, gathered started around midnight affected several sections of the market, with traders dealing in gold, furniture, second-hand clothing and other goods.
The Incident which left traders devastated, reportedly started in the middle of the market following an explosion.
While it was yet to be established whether the explosion was caused by gas or another source, the traders have started counting their losses.
Similar fire incident occurred at the herbal section of the Oranyan Market in 2024, when more than 200 shops were completely razed.
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Morof Akinwande, the Special Adviser to Governor Seyi Makinde on Fire Reforms and Chairman of the Oyo State Fire Services while confirming the incident? said the situation had been brought under control by 1am, preventing the fire from spreading further.
While cautioning against putting a figure on the number of shops destroyed at this stage,stated that an assessment of the damage would be known after the fire outbreak investigation.
‘There was a fire break at the market which destroyed shops and goods . The number of shops cannot be ascertained now, but what is known is that the fire incident started in the middle of the market with an explosion.
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ý’Whether it’s a gas explosion or other things. And when you have a gas explosion, it would spread, but as I am talking to you, the situation has been under control since 1am’, he said.
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ýThe Oranyan market fire incident is coming barely two days after another fire outbreak destroyed nine locked-up shops at the Nigerian Railway Shopping Complex along the popular Aleshinloye Market in Ibadan South-West Local Government Area of Oyo State.
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Meanwhile the Acting Governor of Oyo State, Abdulraheem Adebayo Lawal, has expressed heartfelt sympathy to traders and residents affected by the recent fire outbreak at Oranyan Market, Ibadan.