Fire razes classrooms in Offa schools

A midnight fire on Thursday razed six classrooms and two stores at Mustapha Standard School, Off Eniola Street in Offa, Kwara State.

THE INFORMANT247 said the incident occurred at about 3 a.m., the cause of the inferno was attributed to an electric power surge “from the burning building”.

“Immediately we arrived at the place of the incident, curtailing the further spread of the blazing fire was the first thing we did as it was seemed very crucial. And consequently, we totally extinguished the fire,” Hassan Adekunle, spokesperson of the Kwara State Fire Service, said.

“Out of the 24 classrooms in the affected building, 6 classes and including two stores were burnt due to their late calling.”

Adekunle quoted the Director of the service, Falade John Olumuyiwa (CFO), as urging resident of the state “to be more vigilant in the neighborhood especially at night in order to limit future subsequent disasters”.