Fire incident: Ondo govt will compensate victims

Akeredolu on Twitter handle

I visited the scene of the Fire incident that happened at Oba Nla in Akure. Very sad situation which has brought to my notice the immediate need to overhaul our fire service for effective performance.

The State Emergency Management Agency will assess and compensate the victims.

The fire outbreak which occurred on Sunday night razed five shops and other structures worth millions of naira.

The gist

Akeredolu also made this known in Akure while inspecting the scene of a fire disaster at Oba Nla area in Akure metropolis.

The governor said that the State Emergency Management Agency would be mandated to assess the level of damage with a view to compensate the victims.

An eye witness and shop owner, Chukwuma Chinoso told the governor that there was power outage before the ugly incident.

He denied rumours that shops were selling gas or flammable commodities in the area as being speculated.

According to the trader ,while the fire outbreak was on, they called the state fire service but they were replied with complaints of no water, fuel and other logistics .