Wednesday, December 10, 2025 - One person has lost her life as a result of fire that ravaged a residential building in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital.
Our correspondent gathered that two other people were
rescued during the incident.
The incident occured at Agbaakin street, behind testing
ground in Iwo Road area of Ibadan.
It was learnt that one person died as a result of the
incident while two people were rescued alive in the incident.
It was learnt that the fire was as a result of lighted
charcoal cooking pot unattended to that ignited nearby combustible materials.
Chairman, Oyo State Fire Service, Hon Maroof Akinwande
confirmed the incident.
He said that the incident occurred Monday evening.
He maintained that the operation was successfully carried
out with the support of men of Federal Fire Service.
Akinwande in a statement on Tuesday evening said, “The fire
emergency was received at exactly 20:18hrs on Monday 8th December, 2025.
“On getting there, it was two rooms at the upper floor of a
private residential building of twelve rooms engulfed by fire.
“One person (female) was recovered while two persons (males)
rescued alive. The fire also affected only two rooms and the whole building and
other properties worth millions of naira were saved by the officers of the
Agency.
“The fire incident was as a result of lighted charcoal
cooking pot unattended to ignited nearby combustible materials. The operation
was jointly carried out with Federal Fire Service, Ibadan Command.”
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