No fewer than 250 shanties were destroyed on Wednesday as Oko Baba Sawmill went up in flames.
Destroyed too were 40 sawmilling machines.
The Zonal Coordinator (Southwest) of the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, Mr. Ibrahim Farinloye, made this known to journalists.
The NEMA boss said the fire incident started at about 11.40 .
He said the fire service at the federal and state levels, however, responded and put the situation under control.
