Tragedy struck in the riverine Biagbini community in Ese Odo Local Government Area of Ondo State on Saturday morning as a 70-year-old woman, Mrs.
Moyo Jide and her four grandchildren were reportedly killed in a fire incident.
The cause of the inferno has not been ascertained. However, an eyewitness said the incident might have been caused by the cooking fire in the kitchen of the deceased. The eyewitness said properties in the house were also razed by the fire. “We are yet to know the cause of the fire but we suspect it could be cooking fire that was not properly put out in the kitchen that caused the inferno because we use firewood here and there is no electricity in the community .”
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