By Zion Oyelade
A section of Omi-Asoro Sawmill along Breweries Expressway in Ilesa, Osun State, has been razed down by fire.
According to witnesses, the inferno which started around four ‘o’ clock Monday morning completely burnt down four plank shops.
Speaking with Radio Nigeria, one of the plank shop owners within the sawmill, Mrs Eniola Olowoyeye said no one could ascertain the cause of the fire, saying the whole sawmill had been disconnected the from public electricity due to the poor power supply to the area.
Mrs Olowoyeye, who spoke in Yoruba, said it took the combined efforts of the men of the Federal Fire Service and sympathisers to contain the fire from spreading to other parts of the sawmill, noting that a security guard at one of the shops beside the sawmill alerted his boss to alert others.
Also speaking, another plank seller, whose shop was affected, Mr Olasunkanmi Olowoyo, called on the Osun State government and well-meaning individuals to come to their aid, stressing that the amount of goods burnt in the shops was about sixty million naira.
Mr Olowoyo explained that a customer paid about eighteen million naira on Sunday for his roofing planks and would have come Monday to pack them,only to hear that his goods had been burnt down
He said lifting the financial burden off the shoulder of the owners of the shops requires government’s intervention at this difficult time.
Edited by Titilayo Kupoliyi
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