Two persons were killed on Monday following a fire incident in the house of a former governor of Oyo State, the late Adebayo Alao-Akala, in Ogbomoso.
The General Manager of Oyo State Fire Service, Akinyinka Akinyemiju, announced the fire incident in a statement on Monday.
The PUNCH reports that Alao-Akala, whose house is located in the Randa area of Ogbomoso, died in 2022 following a protracted illness.
Akinyemiju, while confirming the incident, said, “The agency received a distress call around 7:57 am on Monday, after which officers immediately swung into action to stop the fire.
“We left the station at exactly 07:59hrs, but on getting there, we met the house fully engulfed by fire and the roof off.
“We immediately swung into action and we were able to rescue one person while the fire is still on during the course of firefighting. One person was reported and handed over to CSP Kehinde Abayomi, the DPO Arowomole Police Station. We returned to the station at 12:42hrs.”
Meanwhile, a family source confirmed to The PUNCH that one of the injured persons rushed to the hospital eventually passed away.
He said, “One of the injured persons that we rushed to the hospital has also been confirmed dead.”
