A fire outbreak in the early hours of Sunday has destroyed properties worth millions of Naira at the Atakumosa Central Market in Ilesa, Osun State.
Ayodele Omoiyin, a Facebook user, who shared the video of the inferno on his page, disclosed that the incident started around 1am.
“Atakumosa market is burning more help is needed,” he wrote.
Eyewitnesses further said personnel of the Federal and Osun State Fire Services made frantic efforts to prevent the fire from spreading to other parts of the market.
It was gathered that a combined team of men and officers from Ayeso A and Ijamo B Divisions of the Nigerian Police were on ground to prevent looting during efforts to salvage goods and prevent the fire from spreading to other shops located in the market.
Shop owners and sympathisers who thronged the market also made efforts to salvage some of their goods.
Though the fire was brought under control around 4am, fire service personnel on ground said the cause of the fire was yet to be ascertained.
Most affected were boutiques, food items and provision shops located in the market.
It would be recalled that the Osun State Government had commissioned the new market after the old one was destroyed in a similar fire outbreak some years back.AMILOADED..
