The firefighters worked tirelessly to contain the fire and out of 20 rooms in the storey building, 13 were successfully saved, while seven were affected by the inferno
On Wednesday, a fire broke out in the Oke-Apomu neighbourhood of Ilorin, Kwara State, caused by an unattended gas cooker.
The fire destroyed seven rooms out of a total of twenty rooms in the structure. Before the arrival of the firefighters, the incident, which took place at approximately two o’clock in the afternoon, completely consumed a structure that was located in the Alfa Koro site in Oke-Apomu and destroyed seven rooms.
Hassan Adekunle, a spokesperson for the Kwara State Fire Service, verified the event and stated that the fire was caused by a gas burner that was left cooking without being supervised.
He stated, “On Wednesday, March 5, 2025, at 13:53 hours, the Kwara State Fire Service received a distress call regarding a fire outbreak at No. 90 Koro Compound, Oke-Apomu, Ilorin, Kwara State.
“The fire crew responded swiftly and arrived to find several rooms engulfed in flames. The firefighters worked tirelessly to contain the fire and out of 20 rooms in the storey building, 13 were successfully saved, while seven were affected by the inferno.
“Preliminary investigations revealed that the fire was caused by an unattended gas cooker.”