No death or injury was recorded early Thursday morning during a fire incident at the University of Ibadan, the institution and Oyo fire authorities have confirmed.
The fire had gutted a section of Queens Hall in the institution in the early hours of Thursday.
Confirming the incident, UI’s spokeswoman, Joke Akinpelu, said the fire only affected the hall warden’s and his secretary’s offices.
Ms Akinpelu assured me that no life was lost and everything was under control.
“Measures have also been put in place to forestall future occurrence,” she added.
A student who asked for anonymity said the fire must have started around 1:30 a.m. at a block in Queens Hall.
“The cause of the fire is still unknown, but men of the fire service came early to manage the situation,” he said.
Also, the Oyo State Fire Services Agency general manager, Yemi Akinyinka, said the agency received a distress call about the incident at exactly 1:43 a.m. on Thursday.
“The call we received was through one Miss Helen Ibikunle, and we immediately deployed our personnel. On getting to the place, it was discovered to be two offices on the upper floor at Queens Hall were affected.
“Property worth billions of Naira were saved from the incident,” he said.
The general manager also said no casualty was recorded in the incident.
He said the fire was put out in collaboration with the University of Ibadan Fire Service.
(NAN)
