No casualties as fire destroys building, shop in Oyo community
By Adejayan Gbenga –
The Oyo State Fire Services Agency has confirmed that no casualties were recorded in the Thursday fire outbreak which destroyed a residential building and a shop at Atake, Adebo axis of Oja-Oba in Iseyin, Oyo State.
Chairman of the agency, Mr. Moroof Akinwande, disclosed this in a statement issued on Friday in Ibadan.
He said the agency received a distress call at exactly 4:04 p.m. from one Mrs. Adegoke Anifat, after which firefighters, led by ACFS Azeez Muritala, were immediately deployed to the scene.
On arrival, the team met an old residential building and an adjoining shop already engulfed in flames. They quickly brought the situation under control, preventing the fire from spreading to surrounding structures.
Akinwande confirmed that no lives were lost in the incident but noted that properties worth millions of naira were destroyed. He attributed the cause of the fire to a power surge.
The chairman urged residents to adopt safety measures, including the installation of fire extinguishers in homes and business premises, to reduce the risk of future fire outbreaks.
