Fire Destroys Six Rooms, Three Shops In Oyo

A fire outbreak in the early hours of Friday gutted a residential building in Ogbomoso, Oyo State, destroying properties valued at millions of naira.

The incident reportedly occurred in the Oke Elerin area of the city, affecting six rooms and three shops in the building.

The Chairman of Oyo State Fire Service, Maroof Akinwande, confirmed the incident, emphasizing that no lives were lost.

He said, “The fire personnel led by CFS Dairo Rasheedat promptly mobilized to the scene of the incident. Upon arrival, we met six rooms and three shops in an ancient residential building well alighted and we swiftly swung into action, the fire was curtailed and restricted from spreading to other nearby buildings and properties.

“No casualty was recorded. The operation was carried out successfully and properties worth millions of naira were saved by the officers of the fire service. The cause of the fire incident was yet to establish and post fire incident investigation is ongoing to ascertain the root cause of the incident.”

In a related development, a tanker conveying fuel collided with a trailer along the Ibadan/Oyo Expressway on Thursday.

Daily Post learnt that the tanker, registered as T30874 LA, lost control and ran into a trailer. Fortunately, no lives were lost in the incident.

Akinwande also confirmed this occurrence, saying, “On getting there, it was a Mack trailer tanker registration no (Lagos) T30874LA loaded with 45,000 litres capacity of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) lost control whilst on motion and ran into a Man Diesel cargo trailer with registration no (BAUCHI) TRR 611SA, content gushing out.

“The firemen swiftly swung into action by covering the surface of the spillage with foam compound to suppress the spillage from catching naked fire within the vicinity. No casualty was recorded and fire service was able to save properties worth millions of naira.”

Source: Informationng