Fire in the early hours of Thursday destroyed goods worth over N8.6 million in 5 shops at the Akerebiata area of Ilorin in Ilorin-East Local Government Area of Kwara State.
The fire incident occurred on Thursday with no one including the Security men noticing it before it escalated and consumed the five shops before the arrival of the men from the state Fire Service.The state fire service which confirmed the incident in a statement by Hassan Adekunle, head of Media and Publicity said, “The fire incident occurred early this morning, at about 5:08hrs, at Akerebiata opposite Bovas filling station Ilorin in Ilorin-East Local Government Area of Kwara State.
“There is no one in the area even the security guards to notice the fire outbreak on time. It was a passerby man who saw the ravaging inferno and quickly summoned the state fire service to rescue the situation,” The leading fire officer said.
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