Fire Disaster: Shop Owners Call For Help

Shop owners at Kole, Arulogun Area of Ibadan, Oyo State want the state government to assist them on the fire disaster that destroyed their shops and goods worth millions of naira.

Speaking to Radio Nigeria on behalf of other shop owners, Mrs Akintola Opeyemi and Mr Amechi Vine lamented the havoc that fire had caused them.

Mrs Akintola and Mr Amechi explained that a gas cylinder exploded during refilling, which led to the disaster, consuming four shops.

She said the owner of the gas outlet had been taken to the hospital for medical care.

Meanwhile, all efforts to speak with the men of Oyo State Fire Service to put out the fire was unsuccessful.

Korode Usuoye