Officials say no death or injury recorded in Unibadan hostel fire incident

Officials of the Oyo State Fire Service has said that no death or injury was recorded in the early Thursday morning fire outbreak at the University of Ibadan (UI). The University authorities also confirmed same.
Fire had gutted a section of Queens Hall in the institution in the early hours of Thursday.

Confirming the incident, Unibadan’s Public Relations Officer (PRO), Mrs Joke Akinpelu, said that the fire only affected the offices of the hall warden and his secretary.

Akinpelu assured that no life was lost and everything had been put under control.

“Measures have also been put in place to forestall future occurrence,” she added.

A student who asked for anonymity said the fire must have started around 1:30 a.m. at a block in Queens Hall.

“The cause of the fire is still unknown, but men of the fire service came early to manage the situation,” he said.

Speaking also, the General Manager of Oyo State Fire Services Agency, Mr Yemi Akinyinka, said the agency received a distress call about the incident at exactly 1:43 a.m. on Thursday.

“The call we received was through one Miss Helen Ibikunle and we immediately deployed our personnel.

“On getting to the place, it was discovered to be two offices at the upper floor at Queens Hall were affected.

“Property worth billions of Naira were saved from the incident,” he said.

The general manager also said no casualty was recorded in the incident.

He said the fire was completely extinguished in collaboration with the University of Ibadan Fire Service.

NAN