Fire in built environment - Africa - Nigeria

The Oyo State Fire Services Agency reported that a fire on Thursday razed a residential building and a shop at Atake, Adebo Axis of Oja-Oba in the Iseyin Area of the state.<br />The Chairman of the state fire agency, Mr Moroof Akinwande, confirmed the incident in a statement issued on Friday in Ibadan.<br />Akinwande said the agency received a distress call at exactly 4:04 p.m. on Thursday from one Mrs Adegoke Anifat.<br />He explained that firefighters led by ACFS Azeez Muritala were immediately deployed to the scene, where they met an ancient residential building and an adjoining shop already engulfed in flames.<br />According to him, the personnel swiftly swung into action and successfully curtailed the fire, preventing it from spreading to other nearby buildings and properties.<br />The chairman stated that no casualties were reported, but properties worth millions of naira were damaged or destroyed.<br />He attributed the fire’s cause to a power surge.<br />Akinwande urged residents to be more safety-conscious and stressed the importance of installing fire extinguishers in homes and business premises to mitigate future incidents.<br />Vanguard News<br />