A midnight fire on Monday razed 14 rooms in a family compound comprising of about 46 rooms at 13, Onibata Compound, Alore Area in Ilorin Kwara State.
THE INFORMANT247 said the incident occurred at about 12 a.m., the cause of the inferno was attributed to an electric power surge.
“On getting to the incident, the fire was still very much alighted and had already destroyed many rooms in the burning building owing to their late call. However, our firemen were able to perform excellently well due to their technicalities and in no time the ravaging fire was totally extinguished,” Hassan Adekunle, spokesperson of the Kwara State Fire Service, said.
Adekunle quoted the Director of the service, Falade John Olumuyiwa (CFO), as urging resident of the state “to cultivate the habit of calling the fire service on time whenever there is any emergency in their areas”.