A midnight inferno on Boxing Day, razed a petroleum jelly
industry, Bowlis Industries Nigeria Limited, located at the Rafin-Pa area of
Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau State. It is said that the inferno
destroyed goods worth more than N80m at the company, which manufacturers of
Vowles and Realine Pomade (Jelly) and perfumes. It was gathered that the fire
started around 11pm when power was suddenly restored.
In a similar manner, goods worth millions of naira were also
destroyed by fire, which gutted the Baboko Market in Illorin, the Kwara State
capital just after midnight today. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that 20
shops were completely razed by the inferno which lasted several hours. It was
also said that some shop owners kept huge sums in the shop from the sales they
made for the day and it all went down with fire. Fire is synonymous with dry
season.
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