Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, has joined men of the State Fire Service in a rescue operation to salvage goods and property at the Oja Tuntun market, Baboko, Ilorin in Ilorin West Local Government Area of the state, when fire razed 15 shops in the market.
The fire which started on Wednesday night affected fifteen shops with goods lost estimated at over three hundred million.
The State Fire Service said it deployed equipment from two of its major stations located in Ilorin, the state capital, adding that it saved property estimated at about twenty five billion naira as a result of its quick intervention.
However, the Director of Kwara State Fire Service, Falade Olumuyiwa, urged the citizens to always cultivate the habit of switching off their electrical appliances even before bedtime, adding that the act would help them to prevent the chances of fire outbreaks in their various homes, market places, offices and also help them to drastically reduce it.
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