Otegbayo, while speaking with newsmen in Ibadan, said there was no reason to worry as the fire which engulfed part of the hospital early on Saturday had been put off.
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The fire started from one of the upper rooms of the building around 11:45 a.m before spreading to other rooms.
The agency’s Director of Operations, Ismail Adeleke, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that one Samuel, on Sunday at exactly 12:41p.m reported the incident at the Ogbomoso office of the agency.
The agency’s Director of Operations, Ismail Adeleke, made this known to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Tuesday in Ibadan.
The Nation learnt the tanker coming from Idi-Arere lost control before swerving into the market.
According to an eyewitness, Ismail Dauda, the fire started from the tyre section before spreading to other parts of the market, especially the car engine section, with goods worth millions destroyed.
The incident occurred on Sunday.
The extent of damage and fatality, however, could not yet be ascertained as of the time of filing this report as firemen and sympathisers battled to put out the fire
Eyewitnesses told the News Agency of Nigeria that the fire started at about 6:15am with distress calls made to fire fighters at around 7:20am