A midnight inferno destroyed properties worth millions of naira at a farmers’ market, popularly called ‘Oja agbe’, at Moniya in Akinyele Local Government Area of Oyo State.

It was gathered that several shops, containers and kiosks were affected by the fire.

The inferno was however put out through the intervention of Fire Service personnel.

The manager of Oyo State Fire Service, Akinyemi Akinyinka, in a statement said the fire was put out after the agency intercepted a distress call to avoid an escalation and more damage to property.

He further said the distress call was sent to his office around midnight on 2nd December.

“The fire incident was reported to the agency at exactly 00:27hrs that there were shops on fire at Moniya Garage, Oja Agbe, Ibadan.

“Immediately, the personnel of this agency led by ACFS Oyedeji was deployed to the scene of the incident. On getting to the address, it was discovered to be rows of shops and container shops met well alight.

“We quickly swung into action and we were able to curtail the fire from where we met it and restricted it from spreading to all nearby shops and other properties,” he said

Akinyemi added that properties worth millions of naira were destroyed but the prompt intervention of firefighters saved others that could have been affected if the fire was not put out on time.

According to the statement, no life was lost in the fire.

Fire guts shops in Oyo market