Another Tragedy Hits Ibadan As Fire Kills Husband, Wife, Grandson, Police React

• A family in Ibadan has been thrown into mourning following a devastating fire outbreak at Ori-Eru, Idikan area of the state
• The General Manager, Oyo state fire services agency, Mr Yemi Akinyinka, confirmed and shared further details
• CSP Olaniyan Jibola from Mapo Division and that of Amotekun led by Mr Gbenga Akinyemi from North West Division has reacted to the development
• This happened

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A fire incident has claimed the lives of a husband, his wife, and their grandson, which affected a storey building at Ori-Eru, Idikan area of Ibadan.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the fire incident occurred in the early hours of Friday.

The General Manager, Oyo State Fire Services Agency, Mr Yemi Akinyinka, made this known in a statement made available to newsmen on Friday in Ibadan.

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.

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 resorted to using naked fire, which resulted in a fire disaster after they had slept off,” he said.

Akinyinka said that a team of policemen led by CSP Olaniyan Jibola from Mapo Division and that of Amotekun led by Mr Gbenga Akinyemi from North West Division were on the ground to prevent breakdown of law and order.

Source: TheTalk.NG

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