The Chairman of the Oyo State Fire Service, Maroof Akinwande. Credit: Oyo State Fire Services Agency
The Oyo State Fire Services Agency has doused a fire outbreak triggered by a mobile phone battery explosion at Tecno Complex, Mokola Roundabout, Ibadan, the Oyo State capital.
A statement on Tuesday, issued by the state’s Fire Services Chairman, Moroof Akinwande, said the incident happened on Monday, June 8, at 20:15 hours.
Akinwande said fire personnel led by ACFS Amoo promptly mobilised to the scene, following a distress call from Mr Oluyomade Adepeju, that a shop had been engulfed by fire at Tecno Complex Roundabout, Mokola, Ibadan.
He added that the agency’s firefighters swiftly contained and extinguished the fire, preventing it from spreading to adjoining shops and nearby properties.
