Properties worth millions of naira have been destroyed as a result of fire that ravaged a residential building and some shops in Ogbomoso, Oyo State.
DAILY POST gathered that the incident occurred at Oyewumi compound in Ogbomoso.
The incident occurred Sunday evening.
It was learnt that the kitchen of the private residential building of 8 rooms with a row of shops attached to the building was affected.
DAILY POST gathered that properties worth millions of naira were affected.
It was learnt that no life was lost to the incident.
Chairman of the Oyo State Fire Service, Hon Maroof Akinwande, confirmed the incident.
He made this declaration in a statement made available to DAILY on Monday.
Akinwande, in the statement, noted that no life was lost in the incident.
He said, "Upon arrival at the scene, it was discovered that the kitchen of a private residential building of 8 rooms, with a row of shops attached to the building, was found engulfed by fire.
"No casualties were recorded, and the fire incident was traced to an electrical surge resulting in the fire incident."
Fire ravages residential building, shops in Oyo