The inferno said to have been caused by an abandoned bush burning which later spread to the storey building hosting the warehouse, destroyed multi-million naira property.
It was gathered that the burnt warehouse belongs to an Ibadan, Oyo State-based waste recycling company.
The spokesman of Kwara State Fire Service, Hassan Adekunle, confirmed the incident.
He said the fire was as a result of an abandoned bush burning in the area, which later spread to the affected warehouse.
Adekunle stated that the prompt intervention of men of the State Fire Service saved another store in the area from being burnt.
“There were two stores in the vicinity in which one had already been engulfed by the fire even before the arrival of the firemen. However, firemen were able to cut out the spread of the raging fire and saved the other storehouse from the ravaging inferno,” Adekunle added.
