BREAKING: Fire Guts Shops, Burns Goods Worth Millions In Makun Area Of Sagamu [PHOTOS]

BREAKING: Fire Guts Shops, Burns Goods Worth Millions In Makun Area Of Sagamu [PHOTOS]

October 20, 2021

Some business owners in the Makun, directly opposite Sagamu Town Hall area of Sagamu local government in Ogun State have bemoaned the fire which burnt their shops and destroyed goods said to worth millions of naira.

Save Our Nation (SON) gathered that the fire, which gutted four shops, started around 1:30am on Wednesday.

The fire was allegedly caused by an electrical spark inside one of the shops opposite Sagamu Town Hall, Isote precisely.

An eyewitness, Olayiga said, “We were sleeping when some security guards and some Residents started shouting, banging at the door. When we rushed out, I saw the fire burning inside the shops, we took our to get water to quench the fire, but unfortunately, fire service, which later put out the fire came to the scene around 3:30 am.”

One of the owners of the burnt shops, Mrs Rukayat, said she received a call about the fire from a Resident in the area, adding that her goods were destroyed.

SON gathered that the same shops were said to have burnt about seven years ago, plumbing materials, Water Pumps, Building Materials,Water Closets, Foodstuffs, Plumbing Pipes, Freezers, Soft Drinks etc were destroyed by the fire.