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Property worth millions of naira have been destroyed as a result of fire incident that ravaged a shopping complex in Ibadan.
DAILY POST gathered that the incident occurred at RSD shopping complex located at Ogungbade area of Ibadan on Thursday afternoon.
The upper floor of the complex was ravaged by the fire.
When contacted, the General Manager of Oyo State Fire Service, Mr Yemi Akinyinka confirmed the incident to DAILY POST.
He said, “On Thursday 27th February, 2025 by 12:58 hrs, the agency’s control room center received a distressed call.
“The fire personnel led by ACFS Olubunmi left for the scene and arrived at the place where an upper floor of a Storey complex was engulfed by fire.
“We swiftly swung into action and restricted the fire not to affect the ground floor and other nearby properties.
A Team of Policeman from Adegbayi Police Division and Yemetu were also on ground to provide security cover.
“No casualty was recorded, the upper floor of the complex was destroyed by fire and the ground floor and other nearby buildings were protected against the devastating fire”.
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