Thursday, July 9, 2026

Fire guts six rooms in private residence in Ibadan

Mr Akinwande said though no casualty was recorded, the building was severely affected by the fire.

• September 16, 2025
Oyo State Fire Service
Oyo State Fire Service

About six rooms in a private residence were in the early hours of Tuesday gutted by fire at Akinsoji Zone, Ogbere Moradeyo, Oremeji Area of Ibadan.

The Chairman of the Oyo State Fire Services Agency, Maroof Akinwande, confirmed this in a statement to journalists on Tuesday in Ibadan.

Mr Akinwande said the agency’s personnel received a distress call at exactly 5:55 a.m. from one Mr Kayode and firemen led by CFS Adesina Olusoji were immediately deployed to the scene

He said, “On getting to the scene of the fire incident, it was a private residential building of six rooms engulfed by fire and our officers swung into action and restricted the fire from spreading to other nearby buildings.’’

The chairman said that the fire was jointly extinguished by the Oyo State fire services and the Federal Fire Service, Ibadan Command.

Mr Akinwande said though no casualty was recorded, the building was severely affected by the fire.

He said that the cause of the fire was traced to indiscriminate dropping of cigarette stub by one of the occupants that ignited nearby combustibles and set the building on fire.

The chairman urged all households in the state to install fire extinguishers in their respective houses to promptly put out fire whenever there was an outbreak.

(NAN)

We have recently deactivated our website's comment provider in favour of other channels of distribution and commentary. We encourage you to join the conversation on our stories via our Facebook, Twitter and other social media pages.

More from Peoples Gazette

farmers

Agriculture

FG tasks ECOWAS on leveraging financing strategies for agroecology

The federal government has urged stakeholders in the agriculture and finance sectors in the West Africa region to leverage financing strategies to enhance agroecology practices

Katsina State

Politics

Katsina youths pledge to deliver over 2 million votes to Atiku

“Katsina State is Atiku’s political base because it is his second home.”

Abisoye Coker-Odusote

NationWide

NIMC says new act enhances data identity protection of Nigerians

NIMC’s director-general, Abisoye Coker-Odusote, says the newly enacted NIMC Act 2026 has significantly strengthened Nigeria’s digital identity ecosystem.

Tunji Disu

NationWide

Public trust remains greatest asset, IGP Disu tells police chiefs

The inspector-general of police has urged global law enforcement leaders to ensure that technological innovations strengthen public trust, transparency and human rights.

Trump sitting with Zelensky

World

Ukraine to get licence to produce Patriot missiles, says Trump

President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that the U.S. would grant Ukraine access to produce Patriot air defence interceptors.

The Pitt, Pluribus

Showbiz

Pitt gets 25 Emmy nominations, sci-fi drama Pluribus has 18

U.S. hospital drama series The Pitt and Apple TV+ sci-fi drama Pluribus are among the top nominees for the 78th Primetime Emmy Awards.

Ndodana Mkhanyisi Tshuma

Rights

Outrage as Zimbabwean husband flees UK after alleged murder of wife, daughters

The case has caused outrage on social media, with many calling for discussion about violence against black women.