Two Siblings Burnt In Osogbo Petrol Station Fire Disaster

An outbreak at `Bovas’ petrol station in Osogbo today caused
pandemonium as two children of the same mother were burnt to death, the News
Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports.

An eyewitness who spoke on condition of anonymity, told NAN
that the victims were children of the owner of the station located in front of
Osogbo Grammar School.

He said that the mother of the children also suffered burns
in the process of trying to rescue her children.

The Director of the state Fire Service, Mr Michael Ogundipe,
who confirmed the incident while speaking with journalists said that two lives
were lost in the fire and that the cause of the fire had yet to be determined.

“We responded immediately we were called and sent two
vehicles. We have equipment but there was congestion on the road which slowed
down our movement.

“We met the fire burning and 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,” he
said.

The director said that the remains of the children had been
deposited at the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology morgue while their
mother was also receiving treatment at the same hospital.

Some other eyewitnesses said the woman and her three
children were inside the mini market attached to the filling station when the
fire started, adding that she succeeded in rescuing one of the children.

Fire-fighters were still battling to put off the fire which
also destroyed a Toyota Corolla car as at the time of filing this report.

Some sympathisers who spoke to NAN correspondent at the
scene, described the owner of the station has one of the most honest petroleum
marketers in the state.

They called on security agencies to conduct proper
investigation to know the cause of the fire.

Pm News