Nigeria, Feb. 3 -- A five-year-old boy playing with matches had inadvertently dropped a lit stick on a combustible material, causing a fire outbreak on Monday, 3rd February 2025, at Abiodun Adebiyi Close, Off Yidi Road, Irewolede Area, Ilorin, the Kwara state capital.
According to reports, the men of the state fire service who timely arrived at the scene of the incident met one room in a five-bedroom duplex engulfed in flames.
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It was gathered that through sheer expertise and technical precision, the team could contain the fire and ensure it did not spread to other rooms.
A statement from Hassan Hakeem Adekunle, the Head of Media and Publicity, the Director of the...