Fire guts storey-building in Ibadan, destroys valuable property

<p>An official of the Oyo State Fire Service, Amao Simon, said firemen swung into action as soon as they got the distressed call.</p>, <h2>Fire engulfed a one-storey building consisting of 12 rooms and six shops on Wednesday, destroying valuable property at Bolumole in the Oyinloye street area of Ibadan, the Oyo state capital.</h2>, <p>The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that the fire started from one of the upper rooms of the building around 11:45 a.m before spreading to other rooms.</p>, <p>NAN observed that six out of the 12 rooms of the building were completely destroyed by the raging fire.</p>, <p>The building’s landlord, Adefila Sakariya, said he could not ascertain the cause of the fire and that everybody in the house had gone out before the incident happened.</p>, <p>He said the fire destroyed all the property in six rooms of the building, including the tailoring equipment of his daughter who would be doing her freedom celebration on Sunday.</p>, <p>“The NYSC discharge certificate of one of the tenants in the building was among the property destroyed by the fire and government and other well-meaning Nigerians need to come to his assistance,” Sakariya said.</p>, <p>Officials of the Federal and Oyo State Fire Services were on ground to quench the fire.</p>, <p>The Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Orita-Challenge Police Station, Maiyaki Joyce, and her men were also on ground to maintain law and order.</p>, <p>Speaking to NAN, an official of the Oyo State Fire Service, Amao Simon, said firemen swung into action as soon as they got the distressed call.</p>, <p>Simon said that the property in six of the rooms were completely burnt by the fire.</p>, <p>He said they have been able to quench the fire and everything have been put under control.</p>