Fire Guts Trailer Park In Ibadan

There was chaos at Akinyele community in Ibadan, Akinyele Local Government Area of Oyo State on Wednesday as a trailer park in the area went up in flames barely 24 hours after the building belonging to the Yoruba rights activist, Sunday Igboho was razed in Soka.

It was gathered that the incident occurred in the early hours of Wednesday, 27th of January, around 4am leaving various shops completely razed by the inferno.

Items that got destroyed in the inferno include food and provision, household wares, spare parts, kegs of diesel and other articles of trade.

The Director of Operations, Oyo State Fire and Safety Services, Mr Adeleke Ismail, said, “Our men attended to the fire incident in record time after being alerted. Our people were called and we responded.

“The fire started from one of the dilapidated shops and spread to other shops. We cannot determine the number of shops that were gutted by fire. Only the containers and structures built with iron or blocks can be counted.

“We cannot assess the affected items. They were dealing with eatable items and free burning materials such as electronics and wears. As you know, it is a place where trailers park and commercial vehicles also load. There are food vendors and there are brothels there.”

It was gathered that the traditional ruler in the community, Oba James Odeniran, was on hand with the security outfits as efforts were made by the firemen to extinguish the fire.