Mother, two children killed in Ondo house fire

A middle-aged woman and her two children were on Sunday night killed in a fire incident at a building on Rainbow Street, Onipakala Junction, off Adeyemi Road, in Ondo town, Ondo State.

The cause of the fire incident was unknown as of the time of filing this report but the victims were said to have been burnt beyond recognition, in the fire which reportedly lasted for several hours.

A community source who spoke on the condition of anonymity because he was authorised to do so on Monday, said the mother, who was a petty trader, and her two children who were identified as Bukola and Ife aged 16 and 11 respectively were trapped in the inferno while their building was destroyed.

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The source said, “Efforts by neighbours to rescue them (the victims) were unsuccessful due to the unavailability of the state fire service at the scene. When the fire was raging, we called the fire service only to be informed that there was no water and chemicals to put out the fire.”

When contacted, the Police Public Relations Officer, in the state, Mrs Funmilayo Odunlami, confirmed the incident to our correspondent on the telephone.

The PPRO said, “The incident happened in Ondo yesterday (Sunday) and it involved a woman and her two children. Their remains have been deposited at the morgue by the police.”