My people, make I run am quick for una! Fire just burn one big bungalow wey get six rooms for Ifedapo Estate, Amuloko area for Ibadan. E no too long wey di fire service jam distress call from one Odetunde, say fire don dey scatter everywhere.
Di chairman for Oyo State Fire Services, Mr. Maroof Akinwande, come talk say as dem reach di scene by 2:53 p.m. on Friday, di whole place don dey burn like bush meat wey dem put for fire. But dem quick respond, and di firefighters, led by ACFS Amoo, fast rush in to quench di fire before e go scatter for other houses wey dey nearby.
No life loss dey reported, thank God o! But properties wey worth millions of naira don go like dat. Di cause of di fire na domestic gas cylinder wey explode because e no dey attended to. Akinwande, sabi man, don urge people make dem dey call dem sharp sharp when fire don catch anywhere, and make dem dey give correct address so help fit reach dem well.
As e be, Oyo State don dey experience fire wahala well well, as Akinwande don drop shocking report say dem record about 246 fire cases for 2025 alone. Di man talk say dem rescue 42 people and dem recover 30 bodies wey dem find for different locations. E break am down by month, dey show say January get 29 cases, February 27, and e go like that month by month till December wey get 21 cases.
Na serious matter o! Na why fit make sure say we dey check our gas and no dey leave am unattended. If you dey cook jollof rice or eba, no allow di thing dey too hot without your eye dey there, you sabi?
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