Fire gutted a two-storey building, housing Art Deco furniture-interiors- electronics and another storey building at Akindeko area of Alekuwodo in Osogbo, Osun
The fire incident reportedly started in the Art Deco furniture-interiors- electronics building at about 1:30 am and spread to the other building despite efforts by fire fighters.
The cause of the fire incident was yet to be ascertained as of press time but may be as a result of electric spark. The Federal Fire Service and Osun State fire service had hectic time putting out the fire after multi-naira properties had been destroyed. Speaking on the incident, a chief superintendent of NSCDC, Osun State Command, Abioye Toyin who estimated damage at hundreds of millions of naira said early findings revealed that there was a spark which the little fire from it landed on foam and from there, it engulfed the two buildings.“I got a call from headquarters that there is fire outbreak around 2am. Immediately, I call some of my men, we rushed down to this place.
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