Fresh tragedy hits Ibadan: Husband, wife, grandson die in fire disaster
FILE; Fire
Published By: Ayorinde Oluokun
By Suleiman Shehu
Residents of Ibadan who are still reeling from a recent FunFair disaster that claimed lives of 35 children were hit with another tragedy on Friday as a man, his wife and their grandson were consumed in a fire that gutted their residence at Ori-Eru, Idikan area of the Oyo State capital
The fire incident occurred in the early hours of Friday, Yemi Akinyinka, General Manager Oyo State Fire Services Agency said in a statement.
Akinyinka said the personnel of the agency received a distress call about the incident through a call made by one Hassan at exactly 3:46 a.m on Friday and immediately deployed personnel to the scene.
“On arrival we met an upper floor of a residential storey building of six rooms well alight and we swiftly swung into action and the fire was completely extinguished,” he said.
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The general manager said three persons made up of a husband,his wife and their grandson lost their lives in the fire incident while five persons were rescued alive from the building.
According to him, the ground floor of the building and other nearby properties were saved from the inferno.
“From our investigation we discovered that in their attempt to keep their house warm because of the cold weather they resulted to use naked fire which result to fire disaster after they had slept off,” he said.
Akinyinka said that a team of Police men led by CSP Olaniyan Jibola from Mapo Division and that of Amotekun led by Mr Gbenga Akinyemi from North West Division were on ground to prevent break down of law and order. (NAN)
