Property worth N37.4 million was destroyed in three different fire outbreaks that occurred in Ilorin, Kwara State on Christmas Day.
Two of the fire incidents occurred along Coca-Cola Road while the third occurred in the Balogun Fulani area, all in the Ilorin metropolis.
They gathered that all three fire outbreaks that gutted residential buildings were due to a power surge.
The spokesman of Kwara State Fire Service, Hassan Adekunle, said no life was lost to the incidents.
Adekunle, however, said property worth N37.4m was lost to the inferno while property worth N765.6m was saved by the prompt intervention of the firefighters.
“The Kwara State Fire Service attended to three different fire incidents on the 25th of December, 2022. All three outbreaks occurred in residential buildings.
“The first one was at Alhaji Umar’s house, Balogun Fulani area of Ilorin, where two shops were affected in the building comprised of 10 rooms and four shops.
“The other two incidents occurred at Okoosi compound, Coca-cola road, Ilorin and Abolarinwa house, Adewole Area, Ilorin respectively.
“In all these fire incidents, firemen were able to perform excellently by quickly eliminating the ravaging inferno on time and saving many properties from being destroyed. The report said the fire outbreaks were as a result of an electric power surge,” Adekunle added.
