By Desire Emmanuel
A devastating fire caused by careless handling of gas cylinder has ravaged a residential building at Block D5, Ifedapo Estate, Amuloko area of Ibadan, Oyo State and destroyed properties worth millions of naira.
Chairman of the Oyo State Fire Services Agency, Mr Moroof Akinwande, disclosed this in a statement made available to newsmen on Saturday in Ibadan, the state capital..
Akinwande said that the incident which happened on Friday, completely burnt down the six-room residential bungalow.
He disclosed that no casualties were recorded in the fire incident and attributed the cause to a domestic gas cylinder that was handled carelessly and exploded, spreading to the entire building.
He said that the agency received a distress call about the fire incident on Friday around 2:53 p.m. and immediately deployed firemen to the scene.
“Upon arrival, it was a bungalow of six rooms engulfed by fire and our officers swiftly got into action and prevented the fire from spreading to neighbouring buildings,” he said.
“Properties worth millions of naira were destroyed by the fire,” the chairman said.
