Fire razes 7 shops in Omu-Aran

Date: 2016-12-05

An early morning inferno on Sunday razed no fewer than seven shops in Omu-Aran, Irepodun Local Government Area of Kwara.

An eyewitness said the fire started from one of the shops on the Aperan Way. Some of the affected goods included hair dressing equipment, computers, photocopiers, cooking utensils, text books, household plastics and other valuables.

The affected shop owners were seen with sympathisers making frantic efforts to salvage some goods at the scene of the incident.

Most of the victims were said to have recently stocked their shops with goods in readiness for Christmas and New Year sales.

The fire outbreak, however, became the first major test for officers of the newly established fire service station in Omu-Aran, as they put off the fire with the help of some residents.

The officer in-charge of the station, Mr Olaniyan Michael, told NAN that the cause of the fire was yet to be ascertained.

Michael said that the incident was reported very late, after the fire had raged on for over an hour.

"We received the distress call very late into the fire outbreak, but nonetheless we did our best to salvage the situation," he said.

Alhaji Kazeem Adekanye, the council's Transition Implementation Committee Chairman, while assessing the extent of damages, described the incident as "very unfortunate".

Adekanye used the opportunity to advise shop owners to take precautionary measures in order to avert fire incidents .

"You need to be extra-careful and vigilant, especially when you are closing at night, by putting off all electrical appliances.

"You should also adhere to all precautionary measures and regulations to be on a safer side," Adekanye said.

A community leader, Chief Jimoh Adesiyan, whose shop was also razed, urged both the local and state governments to assist in alleviating the effect of the fire on them.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Patigi Regatta     KSIRS     Salary     Saadu Gbogbo Iwe     Bayer AG     Ishola Abdullahi     Moji Makanjuola     Jumoke F. Ajao     Jide Ashonibare     Yusuf Lawal     Makama Of Kaiama     Wahab Egbewole     Ohoro Of Shao     Sarkin Malamai     National Broadcasting Commission     Kwara Primary Health Care Development Agency     Adekunle David Dunmade     Tunde Akanbi     Malete     Muazam Nayaya     Abubakar Baba Sulaiman     Tinubu     Share-Tsaragi     Abdulkadri Ahmad Alaiye     Peter Obi     Sunset Workers     Abdulwasiu Bolaji Adeyi     Societe Generale Bank Of Nigeria     Mohammed Katsina Ahmed     Dumagi     Emmanuel Bello     Kwara State Branch Of The National Library     Kwara State Council Of Chiefs     Isiaka Abdulrazak     Funmilayo Zubair     Radio Kwara     Special Agro-industrial Processing Zone     Mumeen Lah     Vasolar-Kwara Company Ltd     Medinat Folorunsho Salman     Mohammed Ajia Ibrahim     Lanwa     Ben Duntoye     Balogin Alanamu     Offa Metropolitan Club     Pakata Development Association     Kwarareports.com     Kwara State Polytechnic     Agbarere     Otunba Taiwo Joseph     Nigeria Association Of Women Journalists     Ganmo Power Sub-Station     Ayekale     Ilorin East     Towoju     Gbemisola Saraki     Computer Based Test     Oke-opin     Iliasu     Bayer Nigeria Limited     KWASEIC     Salihu Ajibola Ajia     Senior Ibrahim Suleiman     Hausa     Imam Gambari     Gbenga Adebayo     Aliyu Muyideen     Haleeman Salman     Trade Lenda SME Fair     Dogara     Ilorin Innovation Hub     Jaiz Bank     Susan Modupe Oluwole     Aisha Ahman Pategi     Joshua Adeyemi Adimula     Sam Onile     SGBN    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Kwha.gov.ng     BECE     Chief Imam Of Lafiagi     Aishatu Ahmed Gobir     Cassava Growers\' Association     Ariyo     Afin Descendants Union Of Odo-Owa     Lanwa     Amina Susa\'a De Ahmed     Labaeka     Abdulfatah Ahmed     Muhammad Mustapha Suleiman     Bisi Kristien     Noah Yusuf     Presidential Election     Turaki Of Ilorin     Post-utme     CUTI     Government High School (GHS), Adeta     Tanke Road     Musa Yeketi     Yakubu Dogara     Nigerian Supreme Council For Islamic Affairs     Ishak Mohammed Sabi     Ilorin Metro Park     Senior Ibrahim Suleiman     Share-Tsaragi     Aremu Odolaye     Afeyin-Olukuta     Kwara State Internal Revenue Service     Oba Of Jebba     Ahmad Fatima Bisola     Mary Arinde     Leke Ogungbe     AbdulHakeem Ajibola Akanbi     Olokoba Sulyman     Mohammed Lawal     Bolaji Aladie     Ayodele Shittu     Babatunde Ishola Babaita     Galadiman Ngeri     Alimi     Saka Balikis Kehinde     Segun Adeniyi     Kupchi Hosea Maxwell     Abdulahi Abubakar Bata     Olusola Saraki     V.O. Abioye     Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq     Hassan Taiye Salam     Ijagbo Health Centre     Neo Mundo Ltd     Sola Saraki Educational Foundation     Oladipo Akanmu Tolani     Jumoke Monsura Gafar     Ibrahim Jawondo     Principal Private Secretary     Ramadhan     Sa\'adu Salahu     Jimoh Akani     Yetunde Balogun     Abdulrazaq Sanni     Sulyman Tejidini     Kayode Bankole     Akume     Muhammad Ghali Alaaya     Maimunat Oniyangi     Ridhwanullah Al-Ilory     Prince Mahe Abdulkadir     Kayode Issa     Aliyu Umar     Oyeyemi Olasumbo Florence     Dapo Teni Nig Enterprise     Issa Manzuma     Kwara Central     Special Agro-industrial Processing Zone     Roseline Oni Aremu