Fresh Tragedy Hits Ibadan As Fire Kills Husband, Wife, Grandson, Police React
- A family in Ibadan has been thrown into mourning following a devastating fire outbreak at Ori-Eru, Idikan area of the state
- The general manager, Oyo State Fire Services Agency, Yemi Akinyinka, confirmed and shared further details
- This happened after the tragic stampede at a funfair held in Ibadan, which reportedly claimed 35 lives and left others injured
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Oyo state, Ibadan - On Friday, December 20, Ibadan was hit by a fresh tragedy as a fire outbreak reportedly claimed the lives of three people at Ori-Eru, Idikan area of the Oyo state capital.
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This happened days after a funfair disaster that claimed the lives of 35 children and left others injured.
How 3 died in Ibadan Friday tragedy
It was gathered that the tragic incident, which affected a storey building, claimed the lives of a husband, his wife, and their grandson.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reported that the fire incident occurred in the early hours of Friday.
The general manager, Oyo State Fire Services Agency, Yemi Akinyinka, revealed this via a statement made available to the press in Ibadan.
According to Akinyinka, the personnel of the agency received a distress call about the incident from a resident named Hassan on Friday morning 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 noted that three persons, a husband, his wife, and their grandson, lost their lives in the fire incident while five persons were rescued alive from the building.
Explaining further, Akinyinka added that 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.
Police react to Ibadan fire outbreak
Speaking further, Akinyinka stated 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 a breakdown of law and order.
Vanguard confirmed the development in its publication on Friday.
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Ibadan tragedy: Witness recounts how she was trapped
Earlier, Legit.ng reported that a mother, Idayat Abubakar, shared her first-hand experience at the funfair in Ibadan, which reportedly claimed 35 lives and left many others injured.
She recalled that attendees travelled from as far as Ogbomosho and Osun state and had camped inside the school a day before the event, eagerly awaiting the funfair but were hit by the unexpected.
Abubakar noted that when things took a devastating turn, many attendees were injured, and some fainted, while others struggled to find their children as event organisers could not manage the crowd.
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