A 95-year-old woman, Omolayo Kolade, was on Saturday burnt to death in the Alapata area of Modakeke, Osun State, as fire razed her residence.
The Administrative Officer, Osun State Fire Service, Fatai Aremu, who confirmed the incident, told our correspondent that the one-storey building, where the deceased lived, was completely burnt by the fire, which was said to have started from Kolade’s room.
According to him, the room caught fire while the deceased attempted to lit the lantern and the fire spread to the entire building. “The estimated loss to the incident is put at around N10m, while properties saved by the joint effort of the Osun State Fire Service personnel and the OAU Fire Unit were worth N30m.
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