A midnight fire destroyed 12 shops and goods worth millions of naira at a shopping complex near Mandate Market in Ilorin, Kwara State. The fire started shortly after midnight on Saturday and affected a section of the complex with about 40 shops. Eyewitnesses reported that the fire began in one shop and spread to adjoining businesses. One witness, Kolawole, said he had visited the shop shortly before it was locked for the night.
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