A fire has tragically claimed the lives of a husband, his wife, and their grandson in a storey building at Ori-Eru, Idikan, Ibadan.
The incident occurred in the early hours of Friday, according to reports from the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).
Mr. Yemi Akinyinka, the General Manager of the Oyo State Fire Services Agency, confirmed the incident in a statement released to the press on Friday in Ibadan.
Akinyinka stated that the agency’s personnel received an emergency call from one Hassan at 3:46 a.m. on Friday and promptly dispatched a team 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 stated that a team of policemen, led by CSP Olaniyan Jibola from the Mapo Division, along with Amotekun personnel led by Mr. Gbenga Akinyemi from the North West Division, were present at the scene to maintain law and order.