A residential apartment inside the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, was gutted by fire on Tuesday evening.

An official of the Oyo State Fire Service, while confirming the incident on condition of anonymity, said the fire had been put out.

A witness in UCH said there was no loss of life in the incident, adding that only documents were lost to the fire outbreak.

An electrical surge reportedly caused the fire.

The witness said that the minimal loss recorded was due to the swift response from the state firefighters to curtail the fire outbreak.

“There were about three firefighting vehicles deployed to the scene, and there was no casualty. The apartment is toward the East Gate going toward ABH in a quadrangle, some documents were lost, but there was no loss of life,” the source said.

However, the UCH spokeswoman Funmi Adetuyibi could not be reached for comments on the incident as her lines had been switched off.

(NAN)