Fire kills husband, wife, grandson in Ibadan

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Fire kills husband, wife, grandson in Ibadan

A fire incident has resulted in the tragic deaths of a husband, his wife, and their grandson at a storey building in the Ori-Eru area of Idikan, Ibadan.

It was gathered that the fire broke out in the early hours of Friday.

The General Manager of the Oyo State Fire Services Agency, Yemi Akinyinka, in a statement on Friday, revealed that the agency received a distress call regarding the incident from one Hassan at 3:46 a.m. and promptly dispatched personnel to the scene.

“Upon arrival, we found the upper floor of a six-room residential building engulfed in flames, and we quickly took action to extinguish the fire completely,” he stated.

He confirmed that three individuals—a husband, his wife, and their grandson—lost their lives in the blaze, while five others were rescued safely from the building.

Akinyinka mentioned that the ground floor and nearby properties were protected from the fire.

“Our investigation revealed that the family attempted to keep warm due to the cold weather by using an open flame, which ultimately led to the fire disaster after they had fallen asleep,” he explained.