There was pandemonium in Osogbo on
Wednesday as two kids of the same
mother were burnt when Bovas filling
station in front of Osogbo Grammar
School in Osogbo went up in flames. It was gathered that the victims
were children of the owner of the
filling station. The mother of the burnt kids was also
said to have suffered burns in the
process of trying to rescue the kids.
Although she was said to have
succeeded in rescuing one but lost
two other kids to the fire. The remains of the kids were said to
have been deposited at the Ladoke
Akintola University of Technology
morgue, while their mum was also
taken to the same hospital in Osogbo
for treatment. Some eyewitnesses said the woman
and her three children were inside the
mini market attached to the filling
station when the fire started. The
woman was said to have escaped
with one of the kids but the other two kids were burnt alive. One of the eyewitness said the two
kids hid beside a refrigerator inside
the supermarket, but they were
thrown off balance when the fire
gutted the refrigerator and the
compressor exploded. Another eye witness, Williams Ojo, said
fire fighters arrived the scene late,
saying that was why the fire was
able cause so much damage. Ojo said the fire could have been
caused by an electric spark from the
refrigerator. He added that the
damage had already been done
before the arrival of the fire fighters. The Director of Fire Service in the
state, Mr. Michael Ogundipe, while
speaking with journalists confirmed
the deaths. He said, “Two lives were lost in the
fire. We have not detected the cause
of the fire. We responded immediately
we were called. We sent two vehicles.
We have equipment but there was
congestion on the road which slowed down their movement. “We met the fire burning but I
observed that the construction of
the building did not follow the
guideline. There was no exit route. No
fire extinguisher was there. They
would have been able to battle the fire if they had extinguishers.” Fire fighters were still battling to put
off the fire which also destroyed a
Toyota Corolla as of the time of filing
this report. Some sympathisers who spoke to our
correspondent at the scene said the
owner of the station was one of the
most honest petroleum marketers in
the state, saying he never sold
beyond the government approved price of N87 per litre even at the
height of fuel crisis. Some motorists also corroborated
this while calling on security agencies
to carry out proper investigation to
know the cause of the fire.
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r.i.p

Death is inevitable. RIP.

OMG!!!
2 kids in one day Rip
May the Lord God be your comforter