A fire outbreak has razed 15 shops, destroyed goods worth millions of naira and left one person injured at the Oba Lipede Market, Kuto, Abeokuta.
The inferno reportedly started late on Saturday night from one of the makeshift shops outside the market.
Sources confirmed that the fire outbreak followed a power surge from a palm kernel shop using gas in the market.
The market leader said there was looting shortly after the incident but the security agents later came to their rescue.
The Commissioner for Special Duties in the state, the Director of the State Emergency Management Agency and the Director of State Fire Service were at the market to access the situation.
