There was weeping and wailing at the Alesinloye market in Ibadan, capital of Oyo State on Wednesday following a midnight fire that gutted the market.
It was gathered that traders were counting their losses after the raging fire gutted multimillion naira worth of goods and an unspecified amount of money.
Eyewitnesses said the incident left the traders and other people in the neighborhood devastated.
However, they said that without quick intervention of the State Fire Services and other fire trucks from companies in the are, the losses would have been more.
The General Manager of the state fire services, Mr Yemi Akinyemi, who confirmed the report, said his men were still working at the market at the time of this report..
He said, “Men are currently working at Aleshinloye market. We thank the management of SWEETCO for releasing their truck and men. Very massive.
“We are grateful to Sumal for releasing their crew to the scene, we are eternally grateful to them and SWEETCO.”
