Bola Bamigbola, OsogboA yet-to-be-identified girl said to be about seven years of age was burnt to death in a fire incident in the Itamerin area of Modakeke, Osun State. The fire that started Thursday evening, it was learnt, raged for hours until the men of Osun State Fire Service extinguished it in the early hours of Friday. It took our men hours to extinguish the fire. At around 12am, the fire was completely extinguished,” Aremu said. Asked the cause of the inferno, Aremu said investigation was still on; adding that a shop filled with mattresses was in the building where the fire was first noticed.

Source: Punch December 27, 2019 23:48 UTC