Over N100m worth of products gone in Ondo factory fire

Megadot Nigeria Limited, Akure, Ondo state capital lost chemical products and other valuables valued over N100 million to fire. The company housed chemicals used for the production of paints, wood finishers, thinner lacquer, etc.

An eye witness account, Kolawole Bello, said that high voltage from public power source caused the inferno, adding that” the timely response of officers and men of the Fire Service saved the Trade Fair Complex, location of the company,  from burning”. Bello said the inferno started from the chemical company before extending to other places.

Owner of the company, Bisi Ogungbemi, told newsmen that he received a call from the factory and that he thereafter made a distress call to the Fire Service who promptly responded.

The state Commissioner for Works and

Infrastructure, Hon. Taofeek Abdulsaalam, who visited the scene of the incident, said preliminary investigation into the incident indicated that the fire outbreak was caused by power surge around 10pm on Friday.