A late-night fire outbreak has razed down about 15 shops, destroyed goods worth millions of naira and left one injured at Oba Lipede Market, Kuto, in Abeokuta, Ogun State.
Daily Trust gathered the inferno began around a quarter past 10pm on Saturday from one the makeshift shops outside the market.
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Witnesses said the fire later extended to the main market building where about five shops were affected by the inferno.
Officials attributed the outbreak to a power surge from a palm kernel shop using gas.
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