By Damilare Adeleye
A fire outbreak at a storey building situated in Ori-Eru, Idikan area of Ibadan, Oyo State has claimed the lives of a husband, his wife, and their grandson, the Nigerian Voice has learnt.
It was reported that the fire incident occurred in the early hours of Friday, December 20.
The General Manager of Oyo State Fire Services Agency, Mr Yemi Akinyinka, disclosed the incident 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.
