Tragedy struck in Ibadan on Friday when a devastating fire swept through a storey building at Ori-Eru, Idikan area, claiming the lives of three family members – a husband, his wife, and their grandson.
According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the fire incident occurred in the early hours of the day.
Mr Yemi Akinyinka, General Manager Oyo State Fire Services Agency, 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.
According to Adeyinka, a man, 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 salvaged from the fire.
“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 a police team led by CSP Olaniyan Jibola from Mapo Division and an Amotekun team led by Mr Gbenga Akinyemi from North West Division were on the ground to prevent a breakdown of law and order.
