It was accumulated that no life was lost in the occurrence however many shops inside the market were wrecked in the inferno.
Most shops influenced by the fire episode, were supplied with foodstuffs and above all else the shops were totally leveled around flame with foodstuffs inside the shops.
The reason for the inferno was not known as at the press time, while most brokers influenced by the fire, depicted the fire episode as a strange one.
A portion of the sustenance things demolished by the fire, included, rice, beans, tubers of yam, fowl and vegetable oil, among others.
As per one of the dealers at the market who clarified that the fire may have been brought on by power surge while another source said there was no power supply to the range when the fire began.
One of the inhabitants of the region said: "The reason for the fire occurrence was not clear yet to anybody since everyone had gone to rest and every one of the brokers have all gone home. We simply heard the clamor in the night and we arrived and saw wherever ablaze."
It was likewise accumulated that men of the Ondo State Fire Service were not around to put out the fire as all endeavors made by the occupants to reach to them were unsuccessful
One of the influenced dealers who recognized herself as Mrs Janet Olorunfemi, said she simply stacked her shop with foodstuffs to offer for the Christmas and New Yer celebrations however mourning that she had lost everything to the inferno.
In his response, executive of the Akure South Local Government, Mr Bayo Alarapon, depicted the occurrence as sad. He said the chamber would set up a board to research the episode.
"It is exceptionally deplorable that this sort of occurrence is going on amid this hard time of retreat, all alone part, we might search for the approaches to help the influenced brokers."