Dugbe market, Ibadan is on fire. The fire is said to have begun at about 1:20pm in the afternoon. Other sources also report that properties worth millions of naira perished in the fire which was said to have been caused by an electric spark. We are yet to confirm this.

At the time of this update, fire fighters are trying to put out the fire.

There is no official statement from the Oyo state government yet about this fire in Dugbe Market.

Here are some videos uploaded by Twitter users resident in the area.

This is one in a list of other incidents that we have recorded in 2020. Just what else does 2020 have in stock for us, eh?


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