A late night fire gutted no fewer than 12 shops at Araromi Market, Agodi gate Ibadan, the Oyo State capital.
The fire, which reportedly started around 11pm Thursday night, happened within the Cement trading section of the market.
It affected at least 12 shops before it was put out by men of the Oyo State fire service.
The Oyo State Fire Service Manager, Akinyemi Akinyinka, in a statement said the control room got a distress call around 11pm about the fire and it promptly swung to action,but 12 shops were already engulfed before the intervention.
Akinyinka further stated that the timely intervention saved goods worth billions of naira in the process as the fire was put out.
According to him, the fire was as a result of an upsurge of electricity which ignited nearby combustible materials.
