Traders in Ibadan biggest auto parts market at Agodi Gate counted their losses has fire gutted the market in the early hours of Saturday leaving several shops and properties destroyed.
The distressed traders were said to have called the attention of the Oyo State Fire Service as others made frantic efforts to put out the fire which was said to have raged on for many hours.
The inflammable materials were also reported to have intensified the fire. The tyre section of the market suffered the most devastation.
As at the time of this report, no casualty was recorded but traders said valuables including fairly used tyres and spare parts worth millions of naira have been destroyed.
