Photo: Two sisters burnt to death in filling station fire in Osogbo

wo children of the same parents were burnt to death in a
fire outbreak at `Bovas’ petrol station in Osogbo on
Wednesday, 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.
The mother of the children also suffered burns while 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. Eyewitnesses said the woman and her
three children were inside the mini market attached to the
filling station when the fire started. The woman was able
to rescue one of the children.