By Gbenga Oloniniran
Traders have been counting their losses after fire gutted a plank market in the Sango Ota area of Ogun State on Thursday.
The traders, while lamenting over development, said property worth millions of naira were burnt to ashes when fire razed the market.
An eyewitness, Tobias Imala, said the cause of the fire which started around 10am was yet to be ascertained as of the time this report was filed.
Imala said, “This morning when I got to the office, I just saw smoke oozing out from the sawmill beside the UBA building. About three stores were burnt as of then and it was spreading to other shops.
“Everybody was packing out their goods but thank God that men of the Ogun State Fire Service were already there.”
A plank seller, identified simply as Mrs Olawale, said most of the shop owners were not around when the fire began.
Olawale said, “My shop was not affected but it happened opposite my shop. It affected four to five shops here. Nobody can say how the fire happened.
“Most of us were not at the shops when it started because of environmental day activities taking place today. The fire started from a foam shop.
Source: The Punch