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On Tuesday, September 23, two siblings died in inferno that gutted a supermarket attached to Bovas Petrol Station in Osogbo, the Osun state capital.
According to an eyewitness, who spoke on condition of anonymity, the victims were children of the owner of the station located in front of Osogbo Grammar School.
The Sun reports that the woman (name withheld) and her three children were inside the supermarket when the fire started. She miraculously escaped death with heavy burns on her back but managed to rescue one of her children. Unfortunately, the other two kids got trapped and burnt to death.
Michael Ogundipe, the director of Osun state fire service, stated that as soon as they were alerted about the inferno, two vehicles were sent to the scene of the incident. However, the firemen could not get there early due to traffic on roads.
“We met the fire but our efforts were to no avail because the building was not good. There is only one exit in the building,” he added. If there were more exit, the victims would have been saved,” he added.
Ogunpide confirmed that two lives were lost in the incident, adding that the cause of the fire had yet to be determined.
The director of the fire service called on Nigerians to obtain fire extinguisher in order to prevent such horrible tragedies.
“I observed that there is no fire extinguisher at present in the fire station. If they had, they would have been able to stop the fire before it escalated,” he noted.
Meanwhile, some sympathisers who spoke with journalists at the scene, described the owner of the station as one of the most honest petroleum marketers in the state. They called on security agencies to launch proper investigation and find out the cause of the fire.
On Tuesday, September 23, two siblings died in inferno that gutted a supermarket attached to Bovas Petrol Station in Osogbo, the Osun state capital.
According to an eyewitness, who spoke on condition of anonymity, the victims were children of the owner of the station located in front of Osogbo Grammar School.
The Sun reports that the woman (name withheld) and her three children were inside the supermarket when the fire started. She miraculously escaped death with heavy burns on her back but managed to rescue one of her children. Unfortunately, the other two kids got trapped and burnt to death.
Michael Ogundipe, the director of Osun state fire service, stated that as soon as they were alerted about the inferno, two vehicles were sent to the scene of the incident. However, the firemen could not get there early due to traffic on roads.
“We met the fire but our efforts were to no avail because the building was not good. There is only one exit in the building,” he added. If there were more exit, the victims would have been saved,” he added.
Ogunpide confirmed that two lives were lost in the incident, adding that the cause of the fire had yet to be determined.
The director of the fire service called on Nigerians to obtain fire extinguisher in order to prevent such horrible tragedies.
“I observed that there is no fire extinguisher at present in the fire station. If they had, they would have been able to stop the fire before it escalated,” he noted.
Meanwhile, some sympathisers who spoke with journalists at the scene, described the owner of the station as one of the most honest petroleum marketers in the state. They called on security agencies to launch proper investigation and find out the cause of the fire.
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