Fire ravages residential building in Oyo

Metro Fire ravages residential building in Oyo Published on April 1, 2026 By Musliudeen Adebayo googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1500386953281-8'); }); Properties worth millions of naira have been destroyed as a result of a fire incident that occurred in a residential building in Oyo town. The incident, according to sources, occurred at Lane 6A, Gbenga Oyekola Scheme, Boroboro area in Oyo. DAILY POST gathered from sources that the incident occurred on Wednesday. It was learnt that the fire affected some properties worth millions of naira in the building. googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1524595905268-5'); }); Chairman of Oyo State Fire Service, Hon. Maroof Akinwande, when contacted, confirmed the incident. He said that the agency received the report and immediately mobilised its men to the scene. Akinwande, while speaking further, noted that men of the Federal Fire Service were also at the scene. He also disclosed that no casualty was recorded at the scene. He said: “Upon arrival, we met the last room on the left of a private residential building of a four-bedroom flat on fire. The fire crew quickly swung into action, and the fire was restricted from spreading to the whole building and other properties.” Don't Miss Man jailed in Kaduna for using fake Australian identity for fraud You may like Styrofoam ban in Lagos, Oyo puts Ogun on edge Fire destroys drugs, property worth millions of Naira at Ebonyi Health Ministry Night fire guts major timber market in Calabar Fire destroys property worth millions of naira in Cross River Tension in Ibadan as Oyo govt announces coronation of APC gubernatorial aspirant, Alli as Oba Makinde abandoned governance for politics in Oyo – APC alleges

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