Fire guts 12-room storey-building in Ilorin
Fire razed a 12-room residential storey-building in Ilorin, Kwara State capital, on Wednesday, destroying valuables worth millions of naira.
The fire disaster occurred at about 16:46hrs (04:46 P.M.) as a result of an electric power surge, DAILY POST reports.
Spokesman of the State Fire Service, Hassan Hakeem Adekunle, disclosed that the incident occurred at Akintunde compound, Agbarigidoma, opposite Airforce Junction, Oloje area of Ilorin metropolis.
Six rooms were affected.
Other rooms in the building, including many tangible properties were saved from the inferno.
The Director of Kwara State Fire Service, Prince Falade John Olumuyiwa, urged the citizens to always cultivate the habit of switching off their electrical appliances before bedtime.
He said the measure would help them to prevent the chances of fire outbreaks in their various homes and help to drastically reduce it.
Cloud Tag: What's trending
Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.
Ilorin West/Asa Federal Constituency Kwara North Sunday Fagbemi Isin Idris Amosa Oladipo Saidu Abdullahi Samari Ilorin General Hospital Galland Marcias Ilorin Emirate Staff Association Kwara State Fish Farmers Association MMWG Adeniyi Ojo Ayinde Oki Abiodun Abdulkareem KWAFFA Aliyu Muhammad Saifudeen Bukola Saraki Adeola Abraham Ibrahim Taiwo Road Muhammed Taofeeq Abdulrazaq Rafiu Olasile Akom Construction And Engineering Synergy Ltd Igbomina Atiku Abubakar Erubu Shaykh Luqman Jimoh Olaitan Adefila Mohammed Ibrahim N-Power Adewuyi Funmilayo Firdaos Amasa Ridhwanullah Al-Ilory Saheed Alakoso ER-KANG Mining High Court Lola Olabayo Mutawalle Abdulkareem Alabi Abdulrahman Iliasu Jimoh Lambe Abdulkareem Babatunde Ajeigbe GAMA Muhammed Aliyu Gobir Organization Foundation Offa Grammer School Taofik Abiodun Ahmed Ilorin Likeminds Foundation Kwara Central Ifelodun Computer Based Test Saliu Ajia Kamoru Kadiri Ibrahim Abikan KWATMA Ilorin Muslim Community Adebayo Mohammed Kamaldeen Sheikh Ridhwanullah Mopelola Abdulmaliq-Bashir Yoonus Lawal Rashidi Yekini Katibi Ibraheem Adeola CCT Michael Nzwekwe Abioye Bello Inside Kwara Islamic Development Bank Sarah Alade Afolasade Opeyemi Kemi Sanitation Exercise Amada Jidda IESA Tanke Ojo Isekuse Playing Host Paul Olawoore Sidikat Akaje Abdulwahab Olarewaju Issa