A Saturday fire at a paints shop in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, razed two adjoining residential buildings and destroyed properties worth millions of Naira.
The fire destroyed five other shops beside the paint shop.
The spokesman for Kwara Fire Service, Mr Hassan Adekunle explained that “a paints shop suddenly caught fire and destroyed two residential buildings built beside it; a storey building and a bungalow.
“Aside the two residential buildings destroyed by the ravaging fire, five other shops in the vicinity were also affected.
“Firemen were able to extinguish the fire and prevented it from spreading to more buildings.
“The fire was intensified by the flammable nature of paints and would have been contained earlier if onlookers and sympathisers had alerted the Fire Service early enough’’.
The Director of Kwara Fire Service, Mr Falade Olumuyiwa also urged residents to always switch off electrical appliances while leaving their homes and at bedtime to stave off fire accidents.
