Properties worth millions of naira have been lost to separate fire incidents that ravaged a residential building and a shopping complex in Ogbomoso and Ibadan respectively at the weekend.
Six rooms and three shops were destroyed in a fire that occurred in a residential building at the Oke-Elerin area of Ogbomoso.
Properties and other valuables worth millions of naira were lost in the incident, though no casualty was recorded.
Similarly, a shopping complex at the Bibilari area of Bashorun in Ibadan was gutted by fire, but only one of the twelve shops in the complex was affected.
It was gathered that the prompt response of personnel from the State Fire Service prevented the fire from spreading to other shops.
There was also no record of loss of life.
The two incidents were confirmed by the Special Adviser on Fire Reform and Chairman, Fire Services Agency, Hon. Dr Moroof Adebayo Akinwande.
He urged traders across the state to be conscious of fire risks and emphasised the importance of having and learning the correct use of fire extinguishers in their shops to help prevent small fires from escalating
