A section of popular Agbeni market in Ibadan Oyo State was in the early hours of sunday gutted by fire.
The market is one of the biggest fabric market in Nigeria.
The fire started at about 04:30am.
General Manager of Fire Services Yemi Akinyemi who confirmed the incident to our Punch Metro correspondent said “The agency received the distress call at exactly 04:37hrs through Sunday Ogundele, Access Bank security that Agbeni market is on fire.
“Our men are still battling with the job, we are grateful to Central Bank of Nigeria that allows us to use their water supply. Everything is under control. They are still going to CBN to replenish”, he confirmed.
The main causes of the inferno is yet to be known but some of the victims of the inferno have been contacted
