Bola Bamigbola, OsogboA building inside the Ile Oodua’s Palace of Ooni of Ife was on Wednesday gutted by fire, causing panic in the ancient city. Aremu explained that the fire affected just one room in the said building. He said, “One of the rooms in the administrative building of the Ooni’s palace was gutted by fire. Though the fire affected a room, the effect was severe as it blew off the roof of that room. Property saved worth N10 billion naira while estimated loss worth N1million.”Meanwhile, the Palace of Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, has said the incident was a minor inferno which lasted for about 20 minutes.

Source: Punch August 19, 2020 13:18 UTC