At least 22 shops were engulfed by fire outbreak at Kara Market, Ajase-Ipo, Irepodun Local Government Area of Kwara State, in the early hours of yesterday.
The incident which started around 1:35 a.m. was traced to a cooking fire that was not properly extinguished in one of the plank shops. The flames spread rapidly, destroying 22 plank shops and six container shops before firefighters contained it.
Spokesman of the Kwara State Fire Service, Hassan Hakeem Adekunle, confirmed the development, saying the operatives were able to control the situation from getting worse after…..READ FULL ARTICLE>>